Climate ChangeClimate change raises risk of pandemics, medical journals warn
Ahead of COP 26, journals call for green recovery support for poorer nations
Firefighters battle a forest fire in western Siberia, Russia: Medical experts say a warming climate will make pandemics more likely in the future. © AP
AKANE OKUTSU, Nikkei staff writer
September 8, 2021 14:17 JST
TOKYO -- Over 220 medical journals have come together to publish a joint editorial calling for governments to do more about preventing the devastating impacts of climate change, warning that environmental harm is the "greatest threat to global public health" ahead of the UN General Assembly this month.