Environment

Promising solutions to our environmental crises are already making a difference. Now is the time to accelerate them.

Floods, heat waves, and other climate-related events are taking a physical and emotional toll on India’s million-plus community health workers known as Accredited Social Health Activists, or ASHAs.

In Monterrey, Mexico, a terrible water shortage has families lining up at dry or dirty taps—while Big Soda uses billions of liters of water each year from public reservoirs to manufacture unhealthy processed drinks.  

Health systems are a major contributor to global emissions—but they are also the first responders to climate-related disasters. For both these reasons, they play an essential role in meeting upgraded climate goals