Guest post by Dr Hans C. Ossebaard, session speaker for ISQua’s 36^th International Conference (20^th – 23^rd October 2019), in Cape Town, South Africa.

At ISQua’s upcoming international conference in Cape Town one session (B13 – session B, Tuesday, 22 October 2019) is devoted to the one signature public health issue of our times: how to counter the pervasive adverse effects of climate change on health and, accordingly, how to redesign the health care sector as to provide a more sustainable, ‘green’ care.