Climate change, security, privacy, and data sharing: Important areas for advocacy and informatics solutions

The Editorial in this month’s issue calls for emergency action to limit global temperature increases and restore biodiversity and was published online on September 6, 2021, by more than 100 health and science journals.1 Based on decades of science that have documented the effects of climate change on health, the editorial argues that “only fundamental and equitable changes to societies will reverse our current trajectory” and urges immediate actions despite the continuing concerns raised by the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. With equity at the center of the global response, the authors argue that wealthier nations must do more and do it faster. Many of the strategies delineated in the Editorial are consistent with Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association’s commitment to health equity. Our editorial leadership team is deliberating on our unique response and expertise as a biomedical and health informatics journal. As a result, readers will see more content at the intersection of climate, health, and informatics in future issues.