World health leaders urge green recovery from coronavirus crisis
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from on (#53XDV)
Open letter to G20 leaders says addressing climate breakdown key to global revival
Doctors and medical professionals from around the globe have called on world leaders to ensure a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis that takes account of air pollution and climate breakdown.
More than 200 organisations representing at least 40 million health workers - making up about half of the global medical workforce - have signed an open letter to the G20 leaders and their chief medical advisers, pointing to the 7 million premature deaths to which air pollution contributes each year around the world.
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