Over 450 organizations representing over 45 million health workers, together with over 3,400 individuals from 102 different countries, have written an open letter to Heads of State around the world as well as every nation’s lead climate negotiator, calling for urgent climate action to protect people’s health.

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Health professionals organizations from South Asia, South-East Asia, South Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean celebrated the publication of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) revised guidelines on Air Quality and called their respective governments to work collaboratively to solve the air pollution crisis. 

Doctors and medical practitioners representing some of the largest associations and networks of public health professionals today called upon South Asian Governments to phase out fossil fuels - oil, gas and coal - to avert the twin crisis of air pollution and climate change. They also endorsed the Fossil Fuel Treaty and called for a just and fair transition that puts people’s health first.