More than 200 health journals around the world published editorials, calling on leaders to take urgent action to combat climate change and protect health.
BMJ stated that this is the first time that so many journals have gathered together to issue the same statement, reflecting the seriousness of the situation.
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The editorial will be published before the UN General Assembly and the Cop26 Climate Summit in Glasgow in November this year. He said: “Before these key meetings, we — the editors of the Global Health Journal — call for urgent action to keep the global average temperature rising. To below 1.5C, stop destroying nature and protect health.
“Rising global temperatures and the destruction of the natural world have harmed health, and health professionals have been paying attention to this situation for decades.
“The science is clear; the global temperature is 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average, and the continued loss of biodiversity may cause catastrophic health hazards, and it cannot be reversed.
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“Although the world has the necessary attention to Covid-19, we cannot wait for the pandemic to pass to quickly reduce emissions.
“Reflecting the seriousness of the moment, this editorial has appeared in health journals around the world.
“We all recognize that only fundamental and fair changes to society can reverse our current development trajectory.”
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It added: “The biggest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to control global temperature rise below 1.5C and restore nature.
“Urgent, social changes must be made, which will lead to a fairer and healthier world.
“As editors of health journals, we call on governments and other leaders to take action to mark 2021 as the year when the world will finally change course.”
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Dr. Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of The BMJ and one of the co-authors of the editorial, said: “Health professionals have been on the front line of the Covid-19 crisis. crisis.
“Rich countries must act faster and do more to support those countries that have already suffered under the heat. 2021 must be a year of world change-our health depends on it.”
Editorials will appear in BMJ, The Lancet, New England Medical Journal, East African Medical Journal, Chinese Science Bulletin, Indian National Medical Journal, Australian Medical Journal, and 50 BMJ professional journals including BMJ Global on Health and Chest.
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Catherine Wylie is a reporter from PA.
