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Commission Urges WHO to Treat Climate Change as Health Emergency
(MENAFN) According to reports, an independent commission made up of former heads of government, international organization officials, ministers, and civil society figures has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to officially classify climate change as an international public health emergency.
The Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, chaired by former Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and convened by WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, includes representatives from across the WHO European Region, which covers 53 countries.
According to reports, the commission issued a formal Call to Action from Geneva, urging the WHO “to formally declare climate change a public health emergency of international concern.”
The group argued that the current International Health Regulations framework was not created to address climate-related threats and has failed to adapt to the growing scale of the crisis.
In its statement, the commission said: "The absence of a formal emergency designation has allowed governments to treat climate change as a chronic background condition rather than an acute, escalating threat that is already evident," according to reports.
The Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, chaired by former Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and convened by WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, includes representatives from across the WHO European Region, which covers 53 countries.
According to reports, the commission issued a formal Call to Action from Geneva, urging the WHO “to formally declare climate change a public health emergency of international concern.”
The group argued that the current International Health Regulations framework was not created to address climate-related threats and has failed to adapt to the growing scale of the crisis.
In its statement, the commission said: "The absence of a formal emergency designation has allowed governments to treat climate change as a chronic background condition rather than an acute, escalating threat that is already evident," according to reports.
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