The BMJ's video: Duty of care in a changing climate

Doctors legal and moral responsibilities are being challenged by climate change. While many feel global warming is a profound danger to the health of their patients, they risk their livelyhoods if they take direct action and protest against government inaction. That risk comes from the criminalisation of climate protest, and the professional consequences of a criminal conviction. However, governments in Europe are losing legal challenges to their inaction over climate change, by citizens who say their human right to a healthy environment are being impinged on. So where does this leave doctors, with the legal and moral obligations of their profession at odds? Find out more about climate and doctors' leadership in The BMJ's climate special edition - https://www.bmj.com/content/387/8444