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 UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (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.
Climate crisis: Over 200 health journals urge world leaders to tackle “catastrophic harm” BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2177 (Published 06 September 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n2177