Biomol Biomed. 2024 Jan 3;24(1):205-206. doi: 10.17305/bb.2023.9996.
Dear COP28 President-Designate Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, This year, world leaders gathering in the UAE to take stock of their climate commitments will for the first time engage in official programming focused on health. We, the signatories of this letter, support your leadership in bringing health to the forefront at COP28. As global health leaders, we are committed to achieving health and well-being for all; this is not possible without a safe and stable climate. The Paris Agreement enshrined the "right to health" as a core obligation for climate action. Yet, communities, health workers and health systems around the world already face the alarming impacts of a changing climate. Climate change-induced extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe; many countries are grappling with the health consequences of extreme heat, unprecedented storms, floods, food and water insecurity, wildfires and displacement. For COP28 to truly be a "health COP", it must address the root cause of the climate crisis: the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels including coal, oil and gas. We call on the COP28 Presidency and the leaders of all countries to commit to an accelerated, just and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels as the decisive path to health for all. Read more in the PDF.
致第 28 届缔约方会议候任主席苏丹·艾哈迈德·阿尔·贾比尔阁下：
今年，各国领导人齐聚阿联酋，评估其气候承诺，这将是首次就卫生问题开展官方规划。我们，本信函的签署方，支持您在第 28 届缔约方会议上发挥领导作用，将卫生问题提上首要位置。
作为全球卫生领导者，我们致力于实现全民健康与福祉；没有安全稳定的气候，这是不可能实现的。《巴黎协定》将“健康权”确立为气候行动的核心义务。然而，世界各地的社区、卫生工作者和卫生系统已经面临气候变化带来的惊人影响。气候变化引发的极端天气事件日益频繁和严重；许多国家正在应对极端高温、前所未有的风暴、洪水、粮食和水不安全、野火和流离失所等健康后果。
要使第 28 届缔约方会议真正成为“卫生缔约方会议”，就必须解决气候危机的根本原因：包括煤炭、石油和天然气在内的化石燃料的持续开采和使用。我们呼吁第 28 届缔约方会议主席和所有国家的领导人承诺加速、公正和公平地逐步淘汰化石燃料，这是实现全民健康的决定性途径。
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