Health benefits of policies to reduce carbon emissions

James Milner; Ian Hamilton; James Woodcock; Martin Williams; Mike Davies; Paul Wilkinson; Andy Haines

doi:10.1136/bmj.l6758

Health benefits of policies to reduce carbon emissions

BMJ. 2020 Mar 30:368:l6758. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6758.

Authors

James Milner^{1

2}, Ian Hamilton³, James Woodcock⁴, Martin Williams⁵, Mike Davies⁶, Paul Wilkinson^{7

2}, Andy Haines^{7

2

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK james.milner@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), MRC Epidemiology Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ Environmental Research Group and Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
⁷ Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Abstract

James Milner and colleagues argue that carefully considered policies to lower carbon emissions can also improve health, and we should use these benefits to push for strong climate action

MeSH terms

Air Pollution* / prevention & control
Carbon
Environmental Health*
Humans
Public Health

Substances

Carbon

Abstract

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding