The climate emergency is a health emergency. The impacts of a destabilising climate are no longer confined to the global south, with more intense storms and floods, and more frequent heatwaves and wildfires now also affecting high-income countries. Amid a growing risk of infectious disease spread, threats to public health and health equity are rising, increasing the burden on the healthcare sector globally. Moreover, the sector is a major contributor to the climate crisis, producing 4.4% of global net emissions.
If we are to play our part in tackling the nature and climate emergency, we urgently need to rethink our approach to project delivery. As a profession, we need to make more significant, far- reaching and influential changes. And at pace. We can, and we must, transform project delivery to meet the challenge.
