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GENEVA: Millions of lives could be saved by

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reining in global warming, the World Health

Organisation said on Monday, urging the COP26
summit to take serious climate action to improve
public health worldwide.

“The burning of fossil fuels is killing us,” the World Health

Organisation said in an 82-page COP26 special report.

“Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing

humanity.”

In the report , entitled “The Health Argument for Climate

Action”, the WHO set out 10 recommendations on how to
maximise the health benefits of tackling climate change —
and avoid the worst health impacts of the climate crisis.
Countries must set ambitious national climate
commitments to foster a healthy recovery from the
Covid-19 crisis, said the report.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on the intimate

and delicate links between humans, animals and our
environment,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus.

“The same unsustainable choices that are killing our planet

are killing people.

“WHO calls on all countries to commit to decisive action at

COP26 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — not
just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s in our
own interests.”

COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, is being held

in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12.

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Death toll

Achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement — which

included preferably limiting the rise in mean global
temperature to 1.5 C — would save millions of lives every
year due to improvements in air quality, diet, and physical
activity, said the report.

Air pollution, primarily the result of burning fossil fuels,

caused 13 deaths per minute worldwide — and the public
health benefits of ambitious climate action would far
outweigh the costs.

“Bringing down air pollution to WHO guideline levels, for

example, would reduce the total number of global deaths
from air pollution by 80 percent,” said Maria Neira, the
WHO’s environment, climate change and health director.

Switching to more plant-based diets “could reduce global

emissions significantly, ensure more resilient food systems,
and avoid up to 5.1 million diet-related deaths a year by
2050”, she added.

The WHO’s 10 recommendations urge COP negotiators to

place health at the heart of the summit and commit to a
green recovery from Covid-19.

The WHO wants climate interventions with the largest

health gains prioritised, with health resilience to climate
risks included in planning.

The report called a shift away from coal combustion to

renewable energy as part of a move towards energy systems
that improve health.

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It also urged the redesign of urban environments to

increase access to green space and for walking, cycling and
public transport to be prioritised.

And it sent an open letter signed by organisations

representing more than two thirds of the global health
workforce urging leaders to step up climate action at
Glasgow.

“We are already responding to the health harms caused by

climate change,” said the letter, penned by 300
organisations representing at least 45 million health
professionals.

“Make human health and equity central to all climate

change mitigation and adaptation actions,” the joint letter
said.

Published in Dawn, October 12th, 2021

Pakistan good
all-round team,
Babar Azam a
superstar:
Australia coach
Justin Langer

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Abdul Basit
There is a lot that remains
to be done and so confetti
shouldn't be cued just yet.

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Javid Husain
Pakistan’s position must
be grounded in realpolitik.
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Wattoo Mehboob

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