Climate change is considered as ‘one of the biggest global health threats of this century’. Climate Change has led to changing ecosystem, food security, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, increasing global temperature, torrential downpours and powerful storms, heatwaves and droughts, migration. Through this campaign – ‘Our Planet, Our Health’, the World Health Organization (WHO) is re-emphasizing the need for urgent actions to keep humans and the planet healthy. This also indicates that developing healthcare facilities and services address the impact of climate change. The efforts require multi-sectoral, multi- stakeholder involvement.
India’s measures to address climate change were initiated by launching the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on 30th June, 2008. India’s greenhouse gases emissions from 1870 to 2019 contributed to a single digit figure of 4 percent of the global total. Yet, India has pronounced its commitment to achieve the target of Net Zero carbon emissions by2070 through its strategy called ‘Panchamrita’ at the COP26 held in November 2021. Climate change management requires concerted efforts from governments, public servants, local bodies, NGOs, health workers and more importantly, every individual. Drawing the reference to our prime minister’s words at COP26 that called for practice of Environmental Conscious Life Style of MindFul and Deliberate Utilization, instead of MindLess and Destructive Consumption, is definitely the need of the hour. This magazine, Healthcare Forward, contents are contributed by the students of PGDM in Healthcare Management at ISBR Business School.