Call for urgent action on climate change

On 17 October leading health professionals and experts in international security met at a BMJ conference in London on the health and security implications of climate change. They issued a statement calling on governments around the world to prioritise efforts to tackle the causes and effects of climate change.

Specifically they urge:

• The European Union to unconditionally agree a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions domestically by 30% by 2020 …