The 'freedom' to pollute? An ecological analysis of neoliberal capitalist ideology, climate culpability, lifestyle factors, and population health risk in 124 countries.

Neoliberal ideology was consistently associated with NCD mortality. Also, NCD mortality appears to be most severe in countries that are less culpable for global climate change. Our findings offer preliminary evidence-based support for a shift in thinking toward the fundamental determinants of health and calls for an upstream shift in climate change mitigation interventions to improve population health through the creation of equitable global political and economic systems.