Leveraging Legal Determinants of Health (LDOH) for Climate Justice and Collective Wellbeing

, comprised of 17 Sustainable Development Goals that advance human rights and prosperity for all, and significantly influences global-to-local health and equity. Viewing health as a human right requires expanding beyond social determinants of health as a site for intervention and toward structural intervention, specifically LDOH. LDOH refer to macrolevel factors, including laws, policies, institutional practices and governance processes that structure the social determinants of health. The power of leveraging LDOH for climate justice and collective wellbeing is addressed through a discussion of multiple case examples. In conclusion, social workers are identified as critically important in climate justice advocacy for public health and collective wellbeing.