le fardeau sanitaire des combustibles fossiles et l’impératif d’une transition juste

The document outlines the systemic health impacts of the fossil fuel life cycle, emphasizing that pollution affects individuals from fetal development through old age. It highlights the disproportionate burden on marginalized communities and calls for an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion, the elimination of subsidies, and the adoption of a 'polluter-pays' principle to fund a health-centered transition to renewable energy.

• Fossil fuel pollution causes severe health issues across all stages of human life, including prenatal risks such as premature births, miscarriages, and congenital malformations, as well as lifelong impacts on children and elderly populations.
• Every phase of the fossil fuel life cycle introduces harmful pollutants: extraction releases benzene and heavy metals; refining emits carcinogenic volatile organic compounds; transport risks chemical spills; combustion produces fine particulate matter (PM2.5); and post-combustion waste like coal ash continues to expose communities to toxins.
• The health impacts are distributed unequally, with marginalized groups—including Indigenous peoples, racial minorities, and low-income populations—disproportionately living in 'sacrifice zones' near polluting infrastructure with limited healthcare access.
• Fossil fuel operations cause broader societal harm, including the displacement of Indigenous communities, disruption of traditional livelihoods, and increased rates of substance abuse, violence, and human trafficking in extraction areas.
• Global fossil fuel subsidies reached approximately 7 trillion USD in 2022, consisting of 1.3 trillion USD in explicit subsidies and 5.7 trillion USD in implicit subsidies representing unaccounted societal costs like air pollution and climate change.
• The document recommends a 'polluter-pays' principle to internalize health costs, such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, which are currently externalized to public health systems to protect corporate profits.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (n.d.). le fardeau sanitaire des combustibles fossiles et l’impératif d’une transition juste. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/C2G-FR_EXE-SUMMARY.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. le fardeau sanitaire des combustibles fossiles et l’impératif d’une transition juste. n.d. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/C2G-FR_EXE-SUMMARY.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliancendfardeau, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{le fardeau sanitaire des combustibles fossiles et l’impératif d’une transition juste}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/C2G-FR_EXE-SUMMARY.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }