Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health

Lukoye Atwoli; Abdullah H. Baqui; Thomas Benfield; Raffaella Bosurgi; Fiona Godlee; Stephen Hancocks; Richard Horton; Laurie Laybourn-Langton; Carlos Augusto Monteiro; Ian Norman; Kirsten Patrick; Nigel Praities; Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert; Eric J. Rubin; Peush Sahni; Richard Smith; Nicholas J. Talley; Sue Turale; Damián Vázquez

doi:10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1707

Editorial

Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health

Lukoye Atwoli, Abdullah H. Baqui, Thomas Benfield, Raffaella Bosurgi, Fiona Godlee, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Ian Norman, Kirsten Patrick, Nigel Praities, Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert, Eric J. Rubin, Peush Sahni, Richard Smith, Nicholas J. Talley, Sue Turale, Damián Vázquez

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Lukoye Atwoli, East African Medical Journal, Nairobi, Kenya
Abdullah H. Baqui, Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Thomas Benfield, Danish Medical Journal, Copenhagen, Denmark
Raffaella Bosurgi, PLOS Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Fiona Godlee, The BMJ, London, United Kingdom
Stephen Hancocks, British Dental Journal, London, United Kingdom
Richard Horton, The Lancet, London, United Kingdom
Laurie Laybourn-Langton, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, London, United Kingdom
Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Revista de Saúde Pública, São Paulo, Brazil
Ian Norman, International Journal of Nursing Studies, London, United Kingdom
Kirsten Patrick, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nigel Praities, Pharmaceutical Journal, London, United Kingdom
Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert, The Dutch Journal of Medicine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Eric J. Rubin, The New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Peush Sahni, National Medical Journal of India, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Richard Smith, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, London, United Kingdom
Nicholas J. Talley, Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sue Turale, International Nursing Review, Geneva, Switzerland
Damián Vázquez, Pan American Journal of Public Health, Washington, DC, United States of America

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climate change; environmental crisis; biodiversity; public health; global health

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