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Abstract

Much evidence exists showing the very real threats to human survival, premature deaths and poor health outcomes from the nexus between the impacts of climate change and economic and social inequities.1, 2 Given this crisis of planetary health equity — defined here as the equitable enjoyment of good health in a stable Earth system — preventive action is needed to address the common underlying drivers of climate change and health inequities. These drivers are located within the consumptogenic system, which is the web of institutions, actors, policies, commercial activities and norms that encourages and rewards the exploitation of natural resources, production of fossil fuels, and hyperconsumerism of fossil fuel-reliant goods and services, which results in environmental degradation, climate change, and social and health inequities.2 In this perspective article, we relay the urgency — identified by researchers, senior bureaucrats, politicians, former business leaders and civil society groups in a Planetary Health Equity Hothouse Policy Symposium3 — for transforming the consumptogenic system, with a focus on economic models, policy coherence, and advocacy. We highlight the opportunities for the health sector to provide leadership in these issues.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s). Medical Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AMPCo Pty Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Population Health & Policy > Food Policy
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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