To what extent should a medico-humanitarian organization become concerned with the field of environmental health? Written in 2025, Fabrice Weissman has conducted a brief literature review on the links between health and the environment to help MSF address this question. Identifying around a dozen paradigms, he encourages the organization to pay particular attention to extreme climatic events, health crises linked to various forms of contamination, and the implications of “environmental justice.”

Following an article co-written by members of the Swiss and Canadian sections of MSF, Fabrice Weissman presents a critical analysis of the arguments put forward by his colleagues. An analysis that could be useful to the entire movement, and to the humanitarian community as a whole.

The public arena is once again the stage for discourse and undertakings of Titanic proportions. Some endeavour to adjust our planet's thermostat while others devote themselves to wiping out the scourge of disease.