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PubMed: 40613104 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101353

Occupational health in the era of climate change and the green transition: a call for research.

Lancet Reg Health Eur 54:101353

Authors: Michelle C Turner, Xavier BasagaƱa, Maria Albin, Karin Broberg, Alex Burdorf, Kim R van Daalen, Irina Guseva Canu, Henrik A Kolstad, Manolis Kogevinas, Rachel Lowe, Neil Pearce, Frank Pega, Catherine Saget, Mary K Schubauer-Berigan, Sara Svensson, Paolo Vineis, Kurt Straif

Affiliations

  • Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain.
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.
  • CIBER EpidemiologĆ­a y Salud PĆŗblica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
  • Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
  • Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain.
  • British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care and Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
  • Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, UnisantĆ©, University of Lausanne Faculty of Biology and Medicine, 1066, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.
  • Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health and Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
  • Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK.
  • Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
  • International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France.
  • Halmstad University, Sweden.
  • MRC Centre for Environment and Health and NIHR GHRC on NCDs and Environmental Change, Imperial College, London, UK.

Abstract

Work and working conditions are fundamental social determinants of health. Climate change poses an urgent and growing threat to workers' health, through both direct exposure to environmental hazards and indirect exacerbation of social and health inequalities. Occupational health, which focusses on the promotion of mental and physical health and well-being of workers, is a key but often overlooked area in this context. Research at the intersection of climate change and occupational health remains limited. At the same time, climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts are driving rapid transformations in the workplace, including shifts towards sustainability and circular economy models. These transitions are creating new occupational hazards, including in renewable energy and circular economy sectors. We argue for increased investment in occupational health research and surveillance to address the evolving impacts of both climate change and the green transition, to better promote and protect workers' health and rights.

MeSH

Occupational Health, Climate, Work, Research

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