Put health at heart of climate agenda - Climate action will help avert ‘the biggest threat to humanity’, say global health organisations
Although health has been discussed at previous United Nations climate conferences over the past decade, this year’s meeting will be the first where global health groups will, with one voice, call for governments to deliver on climate action.
“I think perhaps in the beginning health professionals didn’t appreciate the health impact of climate change,” said James Irlam, convener of PHASA’sspecial interest group. “When you’re dealing with immediate risks, particularly in a developing country, climate change seems like it is a distant threat.
Rico Euripidou, the environmental health campaigner for environmental justice organisation groundWork, noted thatBut over the past 10 to 15 years, science had become a lot stronger and there was now an understanding of the environment and how non-communicable diseases are just as important and responsible for the high global burden of disease, Euripidou said.
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