SUMMIT-STATEMENT-Climate-and-Health

MELBOURNE HEALTH SUMMIT MEMORANDUM
CLIMATE AND HEALTH
The H20 Health (Melbourne 2014) Summit urges the
Worlds’ Leaders, including those at the G20 Australia, to
prioritise action on the Climate as a matter of urgency in
the interest of the Health of the Public.
Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent
anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history.
Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and
natural systems.
http://www.ipcc.ch/news_and_events/docs/ar5/ar5_syr_headlines_en.pdf
The environment influences human health in many ways — through
exposures to physical, chemical and biological risk factors, and through
related changes in behaviour in response to those factors. According to
the WHO, 13 million deaths annually are due to preventable
environmental causes. Mitigating environmental risk could save as many
as four million lives a year in children alone, mostly in developing
countries.
https://www.wma.net/en/20activities/30publichealth/30healthenvironment/
10climate/
Media release:
https://www.wma.net/en/40news/20archives/2014/2014_32/index.html
Meeting notification
https://www.wma.net/en/50events/20otherevents/70g20melbourne/index.html
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Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO Chair of Council, World Medical Association; www.wma.net
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