The article was published ahead of next week's UN General Assembly. A
For decades, health professionals and publications have warned of the severe and growing impacts of climate change on human health and the environment.
“Impact on health and survival in conditionsextreme temperatures, destructive weather events and widespread degradation of key ecosystems are just some of the impacts we are seeing in large part due to climate change,” the article states.
These impacts most strongly affect vulnerable populations, including children and the elderly, ethnic minorities, poorer communities and people with underlying medical conditions.
In the article, the medical community urgesGovernments to intervene in climate change to transform societies and economies, for example by supporting the modernization of transport systems, cities, food production and distribution, markets for financial investment, and health systems. Significant investment will be required, according to the authors of the article, but it will bring huge positive effects on health and the economy, including high-quality jobs, reduced air pollution, increased physical activity, and improved living conditions and diets.
“As healthcare professionals, wemust do everything possible to facilitate the transition to a sustainable, more equitable, sustainable and healthy world, ”the authors write. “As editors of medical journals, we urge governments and other leaders to act to make 2021 the moment when the whole world will finally change course.”
Dr. Fiona Godley, Editor-in-Chief of BMJ and one of theco-authors of the editorial, stated: “Health care workers are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. Today, they have teamed up to warn that a rise in temperature on Earth by even 1.5º C will lead to further destruction of nature and a much more deadly crisis. Richer countries must act faster and do more to support those already suffering from higher temperatures. ”
Note that never before have so many magazinescame together to make the same statement reflecting the severity of the climate change emergency facing the world.
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