Tackling the health impacts of climate change in the twenty-first centuryFootnote^*

* The winner of the 2017 Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize, in memory of Douglas Holdstock and Jack Piachaud who were for many years inspirational editors of this journal, were Nicholas Heng and Anna Nakamura. This is Nicholas Heng’s essay on Tackling the health impacts of climate change in the 21st century; Anna Nakamura’s winning essay will appear in the next issue.

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