![]() ![]() The article also affirms that “equity must be at the center of the global response.” “Huge investment will be needed, beyond what is being considered or delivered anywhere in the world,” they write. ![]() Though many nations have pegged emissions reduction targets for the next several decades, the authors add that the targets are “not enough.” It continues, “Harms disproportionately affect the most vulnerable, including children, older populations, ethnic minorities, poorer communities, and those with underlying health problems.” “Higher temperatures have brought increased dehydration and renal function loss, dermatological malignancies, tropical infections, adverse mental health outcomes, pregnancy complications, allergies, and cardiovascular and pulmonary morbidity and mortality,” the editorial reads. To reflect “the severity of the moment,” the article appears in over 200 medical journals across the globe. The editors-in-chief from the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Medical Journal of Australia, and Pharmaceutical Journal proclaimed in a September 5 editorial that “health is already being harmed by global temperature increases and the destruction of the natural world, a state of affairs health professionals have been bringing attention to for decades.” ![]() ![]() Several leading medical journals locked arms to call for aggressive and immediate action on climate change. ![]()
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