• Indian J Med Ethics · Oct 2021

    Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health: Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster.

    • Lukoye Atwoli, Abdulla H Baqui, Thomas Benfield, Raffaella Bosurgi, Fiona Godlee, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Ian Norman, Kirsten Patrick, Nigel Praities, Olde RikkertMarcel GmMGEditor in Chief, Dutch Journal of Medicine., Eric J Rubin, Peush Sahni, Richard Smith, Nick Talley, Sue Turale, and Damián Vázquez.
    • Editor in Chief, East African Medical Journal.
    • Indian J Med Ethics. 2021 Oct 1; VI (4): 270-272.

    AbstractThe 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.

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