01616nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653002100058100002000079700001700099700001300116700001400129700002100143700001600164700001400180700001000194700001100204700001500215700001600230700001300246700001600259245007800275520098300353022001401336       2022                            d  bElsevier BV10aGeneral Medicine1 aDeivanayagam TA1 aSelvarajah S1 aHickel J1 aGuinto RR1 ade Morais Sato P1 aBonifacio J1 aEnglish S1 aHuq M1 aIssa R1 aMulindwa H1 aNagginda HP1 aSharma C1 aDevakumar D00aClimate change, health, and discrimination: action towards racial justice3 a<p>The health impacts of climate change will affect everyone. But the consequences are unevenly distributed, falling much harder on some communities than others. Although discourse on climate change and health acknowledges principles of equity,&nbsp;little attention is given to underlying structural discrimination and the need for racial justice. From vulnerable communities in Puerto Rico coping with the effects of hurricane Fiona, to excessive heat in racially segregated neighbourhoods in the USA, to the tens of millions of people who have been displaced by flooding in Pakistan during 2022, minoritised populations&nbsp;bear the brunt of the health impacts of climate change, despite being least responsible for it. Racism kills,&nbsp;and climate change kills.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Together, racism and climate change interact and have disproportionate effects on the lives of minoritised people within countries and between the Global North and the Global South.&nbsp;</p>
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