SMART Talks: Climate Change Mitigation: Protecting the Health of Current and Future Generations

Session Introduction: Climate change constitutes the greatest public health challenge of the 21 st century. Consequently, climate change mitigation (i.e., urgent and steep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions) is absolutely essential to protect our health and that of future generations. However, the health benefits of lowering greenhouse gas emissions today will not start accruing for several decades.