Climate change seen as major health threat

Climate change should be on the agenda at the upcoming G20 meeting in Brisbane, according to 12 of the nation’s top medical and health scientists*.

In an open letter to the prime minister published in the Medical Journal of Australia, they argue that climate change and health are interlocked with the global economy and that the G20 is an appropriate forum for debate about the consequences of climate change on human health.

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