Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health: Wealthy Nations Must Do Much More, Much Faster. (5th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Atwoli, Lukoye; Baqui, Abdullah H.; Benfield, Thomas; Bosurgi, Raffaella; Godlee, Fiona; Hancocks, Stephen; Horton, Richard; Laybourn-Langton, Laurie; Monteiro, Carlos Augusto; Norman, Ian; Patrick, Kirsten; Praities, Nigel; Olde Rikkert, Marcel G.M.; Rubin, Eric J.; Sahni, Peush; Smith, Richard; Talley, Nick; Turale, Sue; Vázquez, Damián
• Is Part Of: Neurology. Volume 97:Number 14(2021)
• Page Start: 658
• Page End: 660
• Publication Date: 2021-10-05
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurologie -- Périodiques; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012691
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-3878

Abstract

Abstract : The UN General Assembly will bring countries together in September 2021, 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.