Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health

Lukoye Atwoli,Abdullah H Baqui,Thomas Benfield,Raffaella Bosurgi,Fiona Godlee,Stephen Hancocks,Richard Horton,Laurie Laybourn-Langton,Carlos Augusto Monteiro,Ian Norman,Kirsten Patrick,Nigel Praities,Marcel G M Olde Rikkert,Eric J Rubin,Peush Sahni,Richard Smith,Nicholas J Talley,Sue Turale,Damián Vázquez

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01915-2

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Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health

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17 Andersen JP, Neilsen MW, Simone NL, Lewiss RE, Jagsi R
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]
Despite the world’s necessary preoccupation with COVID-19, we cannot wait for the pandemic to pass to rapidly reduce emissions

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17 Andersen JP, Neilsen MW, Simone NL, Lewiss RE, Jagsi R. Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health 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.

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