‘The
World Health Organization and a vast network of doctors
and nurses calls for a climate deal to emphasize the danger to human health’
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.
The declarations, which include the first ever "call to
action" on climate change by the World Health Organization, represent a
shift in public opinion that brings concern over climate change further into
the mainstream, campaign organizers said.
"Climate change, and all of its dire consequences for
health, should be at centre-stage, right now, whenever talk turns to the future
of human civilizations. After all, that's what's at stake," said Margaret
Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization.
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