Article 53XDV World health leaders urge green recovery from coronavirus crisis

World health leaders urge green recovery from coronavirus crisis

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Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
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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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