Fossil fuels: Health professionals call for legally binding plan for global phase out

Healthcare professionals have urged governments across the world to lay out a legally binding plan to phase out fossil fuel use worldwide as part of efforts to tackle the climate crisis.The World Health Organization, the International Paediatric Association, the World Medical Association, the Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations are among 192 signatories of an open letter calling for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.1Other sectors, including faith organisations and city governments, have supported the call for the evidence based international treaty, which focuses on ending use of coal, oil, and gas, substances deemed detrimental to human and planetary health.Harjeet Singh, global engagement director of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, said, “We are thrilled to see health professionals step out of their operating rooms, clinics, and offices to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty for the sake of people and the…
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