Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation

• Main Authors: Philip J. Landrigan (Author), Michael Britt (Author), Samantha Fisher (Author), Amelia Holmes (Author), Manasi Kumar (Author), Jenna Mu (Author), Isabella Rizzo (Author), Anna Sather (Author), Aroub Yousuf (Author), Pushpam Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has amassed great wealth and achieved unprecedented material prosperity. These advances have come, however, at great cost to the planet. They are guided by an economic model that focuses almost exclusively on short-term gain, while ignoring natur...