21–28 October 2026
Green Libraries Week is here, we are celebrating the role of libraries in promoting environmental awareness, sustainability and climate action.
This year’s theme is “Climate Facts for a Greener Future: Navigating Mis- and Disinformation in Libraries”, highlighting the important role libraries play in helping people find reliable information, evaluate evidence and navigate misleading claims about climate change.
Climate change and environmental sustainability are closely connected to public and global health. From the effects of extreme weather and pollution to access to clean water, sustainable healthcare and healthy living environments, these issues have significant implications for communities around the world.
Our Green Libraries Week book display
We have a display in the LSHTM Library Reading Room featuring a selection of books from our collection exploring climate change, the environment, sustainability and their connections with human health. The display brings together a range of subjects, including planetary health, sustainable sanitation, environmental health, climate change law and greener healthcare practices.
Alongside our print collection, we have also highlighted three Open Access eBooks which connect more directly with this year’s theme:
Climate Obstruction Across Europe, edited by Robert J. Brulle, J. Timmons Roberts and Miranda C. Spencer, examines efforts to obstruct climate action across European countries.
Climate Change Denial and Public Relations: Strategic Communication and Interest Groups in Climate Inaction, edited by Núria Almiron and Jordi Xifra, explores the relationship between public relations, interest groups and climate change denial.
Climate Politics in Populist Times: Climate Change Communication Strategies in Germany, Spain, and Austria, by Mirjam Gruber, considers how climate change is communicated and discussed within different political contexts.
QR codes are provided on the display to help visitors access these electronic resources.
We have also included an information poster from the European Commission’s #ClimateFactsMatter campaign, offering practical advice on recognising potentially misleading climate information online and checking sources before sharing.
Explore our collection
The books featured in our Green Libraries Week display are just a small selection of the resources available through LSHTM Library.
You can search for additional books, eBooks, articles and other resources relating to climate change, environmental health and sustainability using our Library search tool, Discover.
Print resources on display
- Bodansky, Daniel, Jutta Brunnée, and Lavanya Rajamani. International Climate Change Law. 2017.
- Bongartz, Petra, Naomi Vernon, and John Fox (eds.). Sustainable Sanitation for All: Experiences, Challenges, and Innovations. 2016.
- Brown, Valerie A. Sustainability and Health: Supporting Global Ecological Integrity in Public Health. 2005.
- Butler, Colin D. Climate Change and Global Health. 2014.
- Cole, Jennifer. Planetary Health: Human Health in an Era of Global Environmental Change. 2019.
- Coutts, Christopher. Green Infrastructure and Public Health. 2015.
- Dannenberg, Andrew L., and Howard Frumkin. Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-Being, and Sustainability. 2011.
- Hutchinson, Emma, and Sari Kovats (eds.). Environment, Health and Sustainable Development. 2016.
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health. 2011.
- Levy, Barry S., and Jonathan Patz (eds.). Climate Change and Public Health. 2015.
- Schroeder, Knut. Sustainable Healthcare. 2013.
- Yap, Christopher, and Jeff Waage (eds.). Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development. 2015.
