Health workers demand WHO action on climate change

Monday, 31 May 2021 04:30

Around 200 health professionals demonstrated outside the offices of the World Health Organization in Geneva on Saturday demanding climate change be listed as a global health emergency.

A delegation from the Swiss section of ‘Doctors for Extinction Rebellion’ handed over a letter signed by over a thousand care workers calling for the WHO to recognise climate change is putting people at risk of death and health authorities around the world need to act.

The WHO issued a statement saying there is ‘no vaccine against climate change and we need to act now before it’s too late.’

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