Doctors of the World warns that the climate crisis is the main global threat to health

The NGO Doctors of the World has warned that the climate crisis is “the main global threat to health”, since it ensures up to 23% of global deaths are related to the environment. Thus, it has asked the states participating in the UN climate summit (COP26) in Glasgow to fulfill the commitments made in the Paris Agreement and update their climate response to contribute to the goal of limiting the increase in global temperature. by 1.5 degrees.

Javier Ramírez, from Doctors of the World Spain, has pointed out that diseases transmitted through food and water are on the rise, increasingly frequent natural disasters affect people’s quality of life and air pollution seriously deteriorates health respiratory.

In addition, he lamented that the climate crisis affects “disproportionately the most excluded groups and the poorest regions of the planet.” “Although low-income countries are the ones that have contributed the least to the deterioration of the environment, they are the ones that are suffering the most from its consequences,” they insist.

The organization has highlighted the case of South Sudan, where the latest floods have had drastic repercussions, such as high rates of malnutrition and areas declared in famine. Since May this year, around 466,000 people have been displaced and an estimated 650,000 will be affected by the floods this year.

COP26 is held from Sunday to November 12 in Glasgow (Scotland), and Doctors of the World will participate on November 8 in the Global Conference on Climate Change and Health, together with the Global Climate and Health Alliance of which take part, to share his experience in the effort that the organization is making to reduce its carbon footprint.