Doctors from 39 health organizations in Canada, India, Europe, the UK and Pacific countries demanded in a letter to world governments that fossil fuels and speed up renewable energy developmentas they warn that an increasing number of patients are being affected by the ravages of climate change.

In an open letter they stated that “we, the world’s doctors and health professionals, call on world leaders to take urgent action to safeguard the health of the global population. climate crisis”. This call came in the middle of a doctors’ conference on climate change and health held in Sydney.

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In the document they also note that “as frontline health workers, we are increasingly responding to health emergencies caused by the climate crisis.”

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“If we want to have any chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C and stopping the escalating climate health emergency, we must end the proliferation of fossil fuels,” they added in the letter and demanded investment in fossil energy. renewable energy.

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María Neira, director of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization, stated that every year, air pollution causes more than seven million premature deaths. “He climate change “This has been identified as the greatest health challenge of the 21st century,” he said.

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Meanwhile, Nicole Higgins, president of Australia’s peak doctors’ body, said the country was “bracing for what is expected to be one of the worst bushfire seasons since Black Saturday, a reminder of our so-called new ‘normality’.” Higgins said. He added that “preventive measures are very important and doctors have an important role, including in discussing and motivating patients to prepare emergency plans based on climate threats local conditions and their personal circumstances and health needs.”

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