40 million doctors and nurses call for a green economic recovery
Economy & innovation — di Andrea Barolini
A healthy economy depends on the health of people and the planet. The appeal of 40 million doctors and nurses for a sustainable recovery.
40 million doctors and nurses call for a green economic recovery
A healthy economy depends on the health of people and the planet. The appeal of 40 million doctors and nurses for a sustainable recovery.
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More than 40 million health professionals from dozens of countries around the world have written a letter to G20 leaders. Calling for the protection of health and the environment to be placed at the centre of the post-coronavirus economic recovery. This with the aim of minimising the risk of new pandemics like the current one.
Organisations representing 40 million health workers around the globe have written to world leaders stressing the importance of a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
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According to doctors and nurses, the economy suffers when human and planetary health is compromised
Doctors, nurses and other professionals in the sector have underlined that the economy suffers when human health is compromised. For this reason, they believe that governments must work to preserve the health of the planet, so that through it the health of the population can also be safeguarded.
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"A healthy recovery recognises that human health, economic health and planetary health are intimately linked," said Beni Miller, executive director of the Global climate and health alliance, which is leading the initiative in collaboration with the World Health Organization. The 40 million health professionals who signed specify in the text that "death, illness and psychological suffering have reached levels we had not seen for decades." And such problems could have been avoided had adequate investment been made in public health and preventive measures, so as not to be caught unprepared in the face of a possible pandemic.
"Don't push us towards a new crisis"
Hence the call on G20 leaders to act. By prioritising sustainable investment. Governments and supranational institutions are indeed preparing to inject hundreds of billions of dollars into economic systems. Our future will depend on which direction those enormous sums take.
.@NCDChild joins +40 million doctors, nurses and health professionals to call upon #G20 leaders to put public health at the center of their countries' #COVID19 recovery plans. #HealthyRecovery ow.ly/5o5h30qHUmX
"National governments must assure us that the economic recovery measures to emerge from the Covid-19 health crisis do not lead us straight into another crisis," observed Fiona Armstrong, founder and executive director of the Climate and Health Alliance of Australia. She suggests investing in renewable energy, public transport and nature conservation, with a view to reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the letter's signatories, just as governments listened to scientists and doctors during the coronavirus crisis, they should also listen to experts in order to tackle the climate crisis.