COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world
The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods (1). These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, w...
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Association of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023-05-01
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| author | Lukoye Atwoli Gregory E. Erhabor Aiah A. Gbakima Abraham Haileamlak Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba James Kigera Laurie Laybourn-Langton Robert Mash Joy Muhia Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi David Ofori-Adjei Fricay Okonofua Arash Rashidian Maha El Adawy Siaka Sidibe Abdelmadjid Snouber James Tumwine Mohammad Sahar Yassien Paul Yonga Lilia Zakhama Chris Zielinski |
| author_facet | Lukoye Atwoli Gregory E. Erhabor Aiah A. Gbakima Abraham Haileamlak Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba James Kigera Laurie Laybourn-Langton Robert Mash Joy Muhia Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi David Ofori-Adjei Fricay Okonofua Arash Rashidian Maha El Adawy Siaka Sidibe Abdelmadjid Snouber James Tumwine Mohammad Sahar Yassien Paul Yonga Lilia Zakhama Chris Zielinski |
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The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods (1). These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased morbidity and mortality. To avoid these catastrophic health effects across all regions of the globe, there is broad agreement—as 231 health journals argued together in 2021—that the rise in global temperature must be limited to less than 1.5oC compared with pre-industrial levels.
While the Paris Agreement of 2015 outlines a global action framework that incorporates providing climate finance to developing countries, this support has yet to materialise (2). COP27 is the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP) to be organised in Africa since its inception in 1995. Ahead of this meeting, we—as health journal editors from across the continent—call for urgent action to ensure it is the COP that finally delivers climate justice for Africa and vulnerable countries. This is essential not just for the health of those countries, but for the health of the whole world.
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| spelling | doaj.art-eede0ac7a3284bc2a1ea8b34cd294bc22024-03-15T13:22:40ZengAssociation of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBiomolecules & Biomedicine2831-08962831-090X2023-05-0123310.17305/bjbms.2022.8137COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the worldLukoye Atwoli0Gregory E. Erhabor1Aiah A. Gbakima 2Abraham Haileamlak3Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba4James Kigera5Laurie Laybourn-Langton6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-0794Robert Mash7Joy Muhia8https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8788-6956Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi9https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5144-0266David Ofori-Adjei10Fricay Okonofua11Arash Rashidian12Maha El Adawy13Siaka Sidibe14Abdelmadjid Snouber15James Tumwine16Mohammad Sahar Yassien17Paul Yonga18https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-9992Lilia Zakhama19https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-8592 Chris Zielinski20East African Medical JournalWest African Journal of MedicineSierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research Ethiopian Journal of Health SciencesAnnales Africaines de MedecineAnnals of African SurgeryChatham HouseAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care and Family MedicineLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineCurationisGhana Medical JournalAfrican Journal of Reproductive HealthEastern Mediterranean Health JournalEastern Mediterranean Health JournalMali médical Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d’OranAfrican Health SciencesEvidence-Based Nursing ResearchEast African Medical JournalTunisie Medicale University of Winchester The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods (1). These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased morbidity and mortality. To avoid these catastrophic health effects across all regions of the globe, there is broad agreement—as 231 health journals argued together in 2021—that the rise in global temperature must be limited to less than 1.5oC compared with pre-industrial levels. While the Paris Agreement of 2015 outlines a global action framework that incorporates providing climate finance to developing countries, this support has yet to materialise (2). COP27 is the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP) to be organised in Africa since its inception in 1995. Ahead of this meeting, we—as health journal editors from across the continent—call for urgent action to ensure it is the COP that finally delivers climate justice for Africa and vulnerable countries. This is essential not just for the health of those countries, but for the health of the whole world. Read more in the PDF... https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/8137COP27 Climate Change ConferenceIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)Paris AgreementConference of the Parties (COP)Climate CrisisHealth and Climate Change |
| spellingShingle | Lukoye Atwoli Gregory E. Erhabor Aiah A. Gbakima Abraham Haileamlak Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba James Kigera Laurie Laybourn-Langton Robert Mash Joy Muhia Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi David Ofori-Adjei Fricay Okonofua Arash Rashidian Maha El Adawy Siaka Sidibe Abdelmadjid Snouber James Tumwine Mohammad Sahar Yassien Paul Yonga Lilia Zakhama Chris Zielinski COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world Biomolecules & Biomedicine COP27 Climate Change Conference Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Paris Agreement Conference of the Parties (COP) Climate Crisis Health and Climate Change |
| title | COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world |
| title_full | COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world |
| title_fullStr | COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world |
| title_full_unstemmed | COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world |
| title_short | COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world |
| title_sort | cop27 climate change conference urgent action needed for africa and the world |
| topic | COP27 Climate Change Conference Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Paris Agreement Conference of the Parties (COP) Climate Crisis Health and Climate Change |
| url | https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/8137 |
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