Open Access#HealthyClimate: Call 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 Gm Olde Rikkert,
Eric J. Rubín,
Peush Sahni,
Richard Smith,
Nick Talley,
Sue Turale,
Damián Vázquez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jmir public health and surveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-2960
DOI - 10.2196/32958
Subject(s) - marshalling , summit , action (physics) , global health , biodiversity , call to action , china , collective action , political science , global warming , business , climate change , environmental planning , geography , health care , law , ecology , computer science , biology , politics , physics , quantum mechanics , marketing , physical geography , programming language
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.