Corporate Accountability
78th WHA Individual Statements
The Draft Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health glaringly omits accountability for the corporate sector, particularly the fossil fuel, extractivist, military industrial complex and land-grabbing industries as primary drivers of the climate crisis. These industries profit from environmental destruction, health inequities and climate-related harms, yet the document fails to name them or demand binding measures to their abuses. While the plan emphasizes cross-sectoral cooperation, it ignores the urgent need to phase out these destructive industries, instead relying on voluntary partnerships. This omission undermines the plan’s credibility. We must explicitly condemn these industries. Without addressing the root causes of climate change—corporate greed and exploitation—this plan is another toothless declaration, leaving vulnerable communities to bear the consequences. Health justice requires naming and dismantling the systems that do the harm.