This post, Our Moral Obligation to Act by Lise Van Susteren, M.D., was first published on HuffingtonPost and has also appeared on the Climate Progress blog.
I find this an encouraging sign that awareness of climate change is reaching beyond the “green” and “environmentalist” sectors. Politicians started to take it seriously when an economist, Lord Stern, wrote about the impact of climate change on the economy. If the medical professions start to take this threat seriously it can only help move things forward. After all, we are all concerned about our health and are willing to put our dollars – whether directly or through taxes – into looking after our health.
Once the health sector starts telling us that climate change is a serious threat to our health, perhaps we might consider investing in things like solar panels and insulation alongside our other health expenditure.
Here is the article:
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