Climate emergency: Medical royal colleges unite to highlight effects on health

bmj;379/oct17_11/o2494/FAF1faJo RogersLeaders of medical royal colleges and organisations representing general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, general practice, and pharmacy cycled across London on 13 October to highlight the effects of air pollution and climate change on health.The 15 km route was coordinated by the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change as part of Ride for their Lives, a worldwide campaign to inspire action on air pollution and the wider climate crisis. Among the 30 cyclists were representatives of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, The BMJ, and the BMA.Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said that the ride was an important opportunity for the medical profession to show leadership on action against the climate crisis. “In some ways it’s a…
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