The negative bidirectional interaction between climate change and the prevalence and care of liver disease: A joint BSG, BASL, EASL, and AASLD commentary

The association between climate change and liver health and disease and the need for sustainable hepatology services must be recognized. As President Barack Obama stated at the UN Climate Change Summit in 2014, “We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.”[45]The White House. Remarks by the President at U.N. Climate Change Summit. September 23, 2014. Available at https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/23/remarks-president-un-climate-change-summit. Accessed February 17, 2022.Google Scholar As hepatologists, we must take this message on board now and work together for the health of our patients and the planet by providing environmentally sustainable hepatology.