Protests against fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30 in Bélem, Brazil, likening them to having the tobacco industry at a health conference.
WHO Member States Should Treat Fossil Fuels like Tobacco – as a Public Health Threat
Op-ed by GCHA Executive Director Jeni Miller, published by Health Policy Watch here.
In the coming days, the annual World Health Assembly will convene in Geneva. Following the recent Santa Marta Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, national health ministers and global health leaders have both an opportunity and responsibility to address the root cause of the climate-induced health crisis: fossil fuels.
The Santa Marta conference addressed the need to transition away from fossil fuels, the root cause of climate change. Fifty-seven countries, representing one-third of the global economy, committed to developing roadmaps to end fossil fuel use, marking an important step toward protecting public health and the climate….
