David Leathers

Director of Extreme Weather + Work at the Health Action Alliance, where he helps businesses address climate-related workforce health risks and build resilience. Previously led sustainability standards and impact-measurement initiatives at B Lab and supported climate and social-impact work at Deloitte.

Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Delivers Immediate Public-Health Benefits

Edward Maibach argues that phasing out fossil fuels should be treated as an immediate public-health intervention, not only a response to future climate risks. Alongside pediatrician Lisa Patel, sanitation advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers and air-quality entrepreneur Darren Riley, he points to local benefits—from fewer asthma exposures near schools and in homes to safer water during floods—that can make decarbonization a more concrete policy choice.

The Aspen InstituteJul 31, 202612 min read