Health groups calls for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

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The letter called on national governments to develop and implement a legally binding mechanism that would immediately stop all future fossil fuel expansion theSun theSundaily WHO health FossilFuels treaty ban airpollution respiratoryillness

: Around 200 health organisations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose “a grave and escalating threat to human health”.

It emphasised that the transition should be carried out in “a fair and equitable manner,“ and that high-income countries should support lower-income nations to ensure the change “reduces poverty rather than exacerbating it”. The letter also pointed to the heightened health risks faced by the workers who extract, refine, transport and distribute fossil fuels and related products.

 

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