Project summary

As evidence on the dependence of human health on a healthy environment increases, it becomes necessary to specify and justify ethical values, potential ethical conflicts and dilemmas, and the different responsibilities at the individual, institutional and population level towards sustainable and healthy living conditions. Health inequalities need to be identified and assessed in how far these amount to health inequities, in particular regarding increasing and perpetuated vulnerabilities, burdening already disadvantaged groups disproportionately. This project works towards a mapping and preliminary assessment of the main ethics and justice issues in relation to environmental health and develops a larger funding application on the multiple dimensions of ethics and justice in relation to healthy environments.

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Applicants

• Dr. Cristian Timmermann, Institute of Ethics and History of Health in Society, Medical Faculty
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schl?gl-Flierl, Moral Theology, Catholic Theological Faculty
• Prof. Dr. Verina Wild, Institute of Ethics and History of Health in Society, Medical Faculty

University of Augsburg, Germany

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Collaboration in the project

Cristian Timmermann, Katharina Wabnitz

Programm zur F?rderung der Einwerbung hochkar?tiger Drittmittel, Universit?t Augsburg

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Project-related publications

• Wild V (2026) A bio-psycho-social-planetary model of health and Iris Marion Young’s concept of responsibility as foundation for a medical ethos during environmental crises. Forthcoming GMS Journal for Medical Education

• Anderson Warwick, Troy Jakelin, Lucas Tamara, Capon Anthony, Komesaroff Paul, Callicott J. Baird, Cole Jennifer, Dunk James, Guinto Renzo, Jones David S., Kowal Emma, Prescott Susan L., Redvers Nicole, Richie Cristina, Sawyer Susan M., Sheather Julian, S?rlin Sverker, Tan Min Yee, Torwali Mujahid, Upshur Ross, Wardrope Alistair, Wild Verina (2025). Bioethics for the planet. The Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01068-2

• Wild V. Tragen Mitarbeitende im Gesundheitswesen eine besondere Verantwortung für ?kologische Nachhaltigkeit? – Pro. Ethik in der Medizin 2025;37:189-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00481-025-00861-w

• Timmermann, C., Wabnitz, K., & Wild, V. (2022). Responding to the climate crisis–bridging the gap between public health ethics and environmental ethics. Public Health Forum, 30 (1), 37-40.? https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2021-0141
• Wabnitz, K., & Wild, V. (2023). ?rztliches Ethos im Anthropoz?n: Einführende ?berlegungen. In C. C. Nikendei, T. J. Bugaj, A. Cranz, A. Herrmann, J. Tabatabai, & F. Nikendei (Eds.), Heidelberger Standards der Klimamedizin (pp. 191-198). Heidelberg: HeiCuMed.
• Timmermann, C., & Wild, V. (2024). Sustainability transitions in university hospitals: Contextualising research incentives and ethical responsibilities. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33(4), 351-356.? https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.33.4.5
• Wild, V., & Wabnitz, K. (2024). ?rztliches Handeln in Zeiten der Klima- und Umweltkrisen: Anpassung des Internationalen Medizinethikkodex (ICoME) des Welt?rztebundes. Bayerisches ?rzteblatt, 2024(4), 152-154
• Timmermann, C., Wabnitz, K., & Wild, V. (2024). Ethical approaches at the intersection of climate change, the environment and health. London: Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
• Timmermann, C. (2025). Moving from Climate Conscious to Critical Climate Conscious Medical Ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(7), 42-44.?
• Timmermann, C. & Wild, V. (2025). The Place of Justice and Vulnerability in Climate Resilience. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 18(1), 9-33.? https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-2024-0023