Health professionals must take action against climate change, say BMJ

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) are urging health professionals to take action against the climate crisis in their latest special issue. They warn that climate change is affecting our health and time is running out to reverse the damage done by humanity on our planet. They say that system changes are necessary as well as changes at an individual level, and are therefore calling on health professionals to make personal lifestyle changes as well as hold organisations and governments to account. The Journal says that “doctors and other health professionals are in a unique and privileged position to influence change,” and can