Building resilience to the effects of climate change: My time at the Vatican

I had the great honor earlier last month to join colleagues from around the world at the Vatican, advising the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on building resilience to the effects of climate change.

We know that climate change harms health and the impact falls unequally. The late Pope Francis spoke about Earth as our common home and how it cries out to us because of the harms we have inflicted on her, noting we must “hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”

I spoke about how the effects of climate change manifest in human health, and how we must intervene especially to protect the weak. A critical part of that is to build health systems that are resilient and equipped to serve all.

You can listen to my remarks here.