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/s2666-5247(21)00242-1

Abstract

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

Highlights

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
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

Summary

Introduction

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

Results

Conclusion