Vol VI, Issue 4
                
                Date of Publication: October 11, 2021
            
                             DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2021.068
                            
                     
        
            
            
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         Editorials  
                
        Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health: Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster
        
        
        
            
                                        
                            Lukoye  Atwoli                        
                        
                                                
                            Abdulla H Baqui                        
                        
                                                
                            Thomas  Benfield                        
                        
                                                
                            Raffaella  Bosurgi                        
                        
                                                
                            Fiona  Godlee                        
                        
                                                
                            Stephen  Hancocks                        
                        
                                                
                            Richard  Horton                        
                        
                                                
                            Laurie Laybourn- Langton                         
                        
                                                
                            Carlos Augusto Monteiro Carlos Augusto Monteiro Carlos Augusto Monteiro                        
                        
                                                
                            Ian  Norman                        
                        
                                                
                            Kirsten  Patrick                        
                        
                                                
                            Nigel  Praities                        
                        
                                                
                            Marcel GM Olde Rikkert                        
                        
                                                
                            Eric J Rubin                        
                        
                                                
                            Peush  Sahni                        
                        
                                                
                            Richard  Smith                        
                        
                                                
                            Nick  Talley                        
                        
                                                
                            Sue  Turale                        
                        
                                                
                            Damián  Vázquez                        
                        
                                    
         
        
            Abstract:
             The UN General Assembly in September 2021 will bring countries together 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.
         
        
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