Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health

Wealthy Nations Must Do Much More, Much Faster

Authors

  • Lukoye Atwoli Editor in Chief, East African Medical Journal
  • Abdullah H. Baqui Editor in Chief, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
  • Thomas Benfield Editor in Chief, Danish Medical Journal
  • Raffaella Bosurgi Editor in Chief, PLOS Medicine
  • Fiona Godlee Editor in Chief, The BMJ
  • Stephen Hancocks Editor in Chief, British Dental Journal
  • Richard Horton Editor in Chief, The Lancet
  • Laurie Laybourn-Langton Senior Adviser, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
  • Carlos Augusto Monteiro Editor in Chief, Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Ian Norman Editor in Chief, International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • Kirsten Patrick Interim Editor in Chief, CMAJ
  • Nigel Praities Executive Editor, Pharmaceutical Journal
  • Marcel GM Olde Rikkert Editor in Chief, Dutch Journal of Medicine
  • Eric J. Rubin Editor in Chief, NEJM
  • Peush Sahni Editor in Chief, National Medical Journal of India
  • Richard Smith Chair, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
  • Nicholas J. Talley Editor in Chief, Medical Journal of Australia
  • Sue Turale Editor in Chief, International Nursing Review
  • Damián Vázquez Editor in Chief, Pan American Journal of Public Health

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2021.1148

Keywords:

Climate Change, Global health, Call for action, Global temperature, Biodiversity, Health

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2021-08-26

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Atwoli, L., Baqui, A. H. ., Benfield, T. ., Bosurgi, R. ., Godlee, F. ., Hancocks, S. ., Horton, R. ., Laybourn-Langton, L., Monteiro, C. A. ., Norman, I. ., Patrick, K. ., Praities, N. ., Rikkert, M. G. O. ., Rubin, E. J. ., Sahni, P. ., Smith, R. ., Talley, N. J., Turale, S. ., & Vázquez, D. . (2021). Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and Protect Health: Wealthy Nations Must Do Much More, Much Faster. International Journal of Medical Students, 9(3), 189–191. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2021.1148

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