Scotland’s Top Doctor Warns of Climate and Pollution Public Health Emergency

Scotland’s top doctor warns of climate and pollution public health emergency

Climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution are the great threats to human health this century, Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer has said

Climate change greatest threat to public health this century – chief medic

In his annual report, Professor Sir Gregor Smith described the ‘triple planetary health crisis’ as a public health emergency.

WHO Approves Climate Change and Health Action Plan

WHO Approves Climate Change and Health Action Plan On 27 May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) – the decision making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), attended by delegates from member states – approved the WHO Action Plan on Climate Change and Health, after hours of debate and resistance from oil-rich countries that sought to delay the plan’s adoption. The 78th Session of the WHA was chaired by Phi…