“If ever there was a book that ought to be on everybody’s reading bucket list this is it. But read it now rather than later . . .”
—Booklist (starred review)

“Changing Planet, Changing Health is a landmark book that will raise our consciousness.”
—Al Gore
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ABOUT CHANGING PLANET, CHANGING HEALTH

With great sadness, I report that Dr. Paul Epstein passed away on November 13, 2011, after a long battle with lymphoma. Paul was a giant in the global health community, one of the first to warn about the threats that global environmental change, including climate change, posed to human health. Paul never quit searching for practical solutions to protect the health of people worldwide. In recent days Paul’s remarkable contributions have been described well in this New York Times obituary, this post on Joe Romm’s Climate Progress blog, and this tribute by Physicians for Human Rights.

Paul was a caring and gifted man, a warrior for causes he believed in, and a true humanitarian. He was a realist, but he also an optimist with an unflagging vision of a peaceful, healthier world. Central to Paul’s vision was a global economy powered by renewable energy, with rejiggered rules that preserve climate-saving forests and promote fair treatment of the world’s poor. It was an honor and a privilege to help him lay out this vision. – Dan Ferber (November 15, 2011)

Climate change is now doing far more harm than marooning polar bears on melting chunks of ice—it is damaging the health of people around the world. Brilliantly connecting stories of real people with cutting-edge scientific and medical information, Changing Planet, Changing Health brings us to places like Mozambique, Honduras, and the United States for an eye-opening on-the-ground investigation of how climate change is altering patterns of disease. Written by a physician and world expert on climate and health and an award-winning science journalist, the book reveals the surprising links between global warming and cholera, malaria, lyme disease, asthma, and other health threats. In clear, accessible language, it also discusses topics including Climategate, cap-and-trade proposals, and the relationship between free markets and the climate crisis. Most importantly, Changing Planet, Changing Health delivers a suite of innovative solutions for shaping a healthy global economic order in the twenty-first century.