Open AccessCall for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health
Author(s) -
Lukoye Atwoli,
Abdullah H Baqui,
Thomas Benfield,
Raffaella Bosurgi,
Fiona Godlee,
Stephen Hancocks,
Richard Horton,
Laurie LaybournLangton,
Carlos Augusto Monteiro,
Ian Norman,
Kirsten Patrick,
Nigel Praities,
Marcel G M Olde Rikkert,
Eric J. Rubín,
Peush Sahni,
Richard Smith,
Nicholas J. Talley,
Sue Turale,
Damián Vázquez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bosnian journal of basic medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1840-4812
pISSN - 1512-8601
DOI - 10.17305/bjbms.2021.6411
Subject(s) - marshalling , summit , medicine , action (physics) , global health , china , biodiversity , call to action , global warming , climate change , public health , law , political science , ecology , business , physics , nursing , quantum mechanics , marketing , physical geography , computer science , biology , programming language , geography
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.
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