1 in 4 deaths are linked to the environment.

That’s not just a climate problem.
It’s a public health emergency.

Because health isn’t only about hospitals and vaccines.
It’s about how we live, age, and raise families.

🌍 Nearly 1 in 4 global deaths are tied to environmental causes, says the WHO.

This shows up in real lives:

Asthma in children.
Cholera after floods.

Here’s how:
1.⁠ ⁠Poor farming contaminate water, spreading cholera.
2.⁠ ⁠Deforestation and warming expand mosquito and tick habitats, spreading malaria and Lyme disease.
3.⁠ ⁠Urban pressure and polluted air drive heart and lung diseases.
4.⁠ ⁠Unsafe water and soil degradation undermine food and health systems.

And the impacts go beyond the body.

They destabilise jobs, housing, migration, and social services.
The most vulnerable are hit hardest but no one is spared.
Just look at the wildfires in California.
This affects all of us.

We can’t keep treating symptoms in silos.
We need joined-up solutions.
Long-view thinking.

Systems that heal both people and planet.
Because planetary health is human health.
And it’s time we acted like it.

Disclaimer: This diagram serves as an illustrative tool. The system is far more complex.

Shout out and image credit to Antonio Vizcaya Abdo thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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