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ReviewBMJ global health2026

Climate reparations for threats to health.

Sonja Klinsky, Smit Chitre, Eugene T Richardson, Maxine Burkett

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Review in BMJ global health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sonja KlinskySchool of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA Sonja.Klinsky@asu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9450-1249
Smit ChitreGlobal Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Eugene T RichardsonGlobal Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8437-0671
Maxine BurkettWilliam S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is already leading to loss of health for some people and this is expected to intensify as climate change increases. Moreover, ill health from climate change is experienced unevenly: overall, those who have been least responsible for causing the problem are often those most vulnerable to these losses due to the intersection of climate-related health threats with structural inequality. In this context, there have been multiple arguments made for reparations intended to address disproportionate climate impacts. While the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been a focus for these efforts, due to political challenges, a more distributed, multifaceted approach to reparations may be needed. This analysis provides a summary of reparative arguments and identifies multiple potential pathways towards reparative efforts intended to address losses in health due to climate change.

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Climate ChangeEnvironmental HealthGlobal HealthPublic HealthHumansUnited NationsEnvironmental healthGlobal HealthPublic Health

Identifiers

PMID41871847
PMCPMC13034377

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