The real ecological fallacy: epidemiology and global climate change

摘要: Prompted by my participation in the People9s Climate March held New York City on 21 September 2014, as part of ‘Harvard Divest’ contingent, this brief essay I reflect late 20th century development of—and debates over—the necessity ecological thinking epidemiology, and also still limited engagement our field with work health impact global climate change. Revisiting critiques about damaging influence methodological individualism field, extend critique influential notion ‘ecological fallacy,’ including its wilful disregard for ecology itself being pertinent to people9s ways living—and dying. Indeed, real fallacy’ is think epidemiologists or others could ever understand except societal ecological, hence historical, context. conclude urging all us, members broader scientific community, whether not we directly study impacts planetary emergency change, step up joining call universities divest from fossil fuels.