We are seeing changes to our physical world in a way we have never seen before. In the US alone in 2021 we saw a historic deep freeze in the state of Texas. In addition, the hardest summer on record. The driest month in California since the State began collecting data. Twenty one hurricanes in the single year of 2021 across the world. Think about these impacts on communities. We are seeing economic fluctuations, after Covid this has become very sharp. People who are living in these under-resourced communities in economic fluctuation times are more likely to be losing their jobs and potentially losing their homes and potentially struggling to feed their families. What are those social and economic determinants of health and how does that impact the health and wellbeing of our communities?

When we talk about climate change or sustainability we don't often think about the health connections that are impacting us. We are already seeing these health impacts now.