Tra salute e ambiente: osservazioni sul ruolo del Diritto di fronte alla crisi

Abstract (en): The necessity of a greater international collaboration has grown in importance in light of the recent epidemic caused by the new coronavirus. The current emergency is not only a major public health problem, but it represents a social, economical and psychological concern as well. Moreover, while the world is fighting a global health crisis, another issue that could lead to even more serious consequences requires sustained effort and immediate attention: the climate crisis. It is relevant to highlight that health and the ecosystem are not to be viewed as separated issues. Indeed, their correlation has important implications for the legal systems since an awareness on the necessity to handle the climatic crisis also in a public health perspective/dimension is to be encouraged. In this perspective, the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda serves as a useful instrument. An holistic approach is to be required to achieve a type of sustainability that includes economic, social, environmental and institutional factors and is to be adopted as the only possible way to be prepared for facing the future environmental and health challenges