Climate change mitigation: tackling the commercial determinants of planetary health inequity

The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change confirms climate change as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.1 Although the findings of the 2023 report are not surprising, they are incredibly worrying for the survival of humanity. We are currently experiencing a mean heating of 1·14°C above pre-industrial levels, and policies to date put the world on track to almost 3°C of heating. Every health dimension tracked by the Lancet Countdown is worsening as the climate changes. Extensive social and health inequities will occur as a result.2