Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: FG serves on the executive committee for the UK Health Alliance on ...Climate Change and is a Trustee of the Eden Project. Ahead of these pivotal meetings, we—the editors of health journals worldwide—call for urgent action to keep average global temperature increases below 1.5°C, halt the destruction of nature, and protect health. Health is already being harmed by global temperature increases and the destruction of the natural world, a state of affairs health professionals have been bringing attention to for decades 1. Higher temperatures have brought increased dehydration and renal function loss, dermatological malignancies, tropical infections, adverse mental health outcomes, pregnancy complications, allergies, and cardiovascular and pulmonary morbidity and mortality 5,6.
The UN General Assembly in September 2021 will bring
countries together at a critical time for marshalling collective action to tackle the global environmental crisis. They
will meet again at the ...biodiversity summit in Kunming,
China, and the climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow,
UK. Ahead of these pivotal meetings, we—the editors of
health journals worldwide—call for urgent action to keep
average global temperature increases below 1.5 °C, halt
the destruction of nature, and protect health.
Ahead of these pivotal meetings, we—the editors of health journals worldwide—call for urgent action to keep average global temperature increases below 1.5 °C, halt the destruction of nature, and ...protect health. Health is already being harmed by global temperature increases and the destruction of the natural world, a state of affairs health professionals have been bringing attention to for decades 1. Higher temperatures have brought increased dehydration and renal function loss, dermatological malignancies, tropical infections, adverse mental health outcomes, pregnancy complications, allergies, and cardiovascular and pulmonary morbidity and mortality 5, 6. In: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. 2018. https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ 3.
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