US Climate and Health Alliance

Medical Community Warns Climate Change Is an Imminent Public Health Threat

Abstract

An international alliance of doctors, nurses and other health professionals concerned about the impacts of climate change is urging governments to reach a strong agreement at the ongoing United Nations’ climate negotiations in Paris.Declarations of a global medical consensus on climate change signed by 1,700 health organizations, 8,200 hospitals and health facilities and 13 million health professionals were released Saturday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Resource Type
Magazine/newspaper article
Author
Inside Climate News
Resource URL
https://insideclimatenews.org/-cnews/09122015/medical-community-warns-climate-change-is-an-imminent-public-health-threat-paris-cop21-who
Date
December 9, 2015
Organization Type
News
Health and Human Impact
Respiratory disease
Climate and Environmental Impact
Air pollution
Emission Sources
Conventional energy Transportation Energy Conventional
Fossil Fuel
Coal
Solutions
Climate mitigation/GHG reduction Public health/health sector response
Other
Advocacy

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