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#ClimateChange is a health problem.

#ClimateChange is a health problem.

#ClimateChange is a health problem.

#ClimateChange is a health problem.

#ClimateChange is a health problem.

#COP25

Burning fossil fuels is the main driver of #ClimateChange.

It also causes #AirPollution that kills 7 MILLION people every year.

#COP25

#ClimateChange is already threatening our health. We MUST move to cleaner:
- Energy sources 💨☀️
- Transport 🚡🚴‍♂️
- Agricultural systems 👩‍🌾🎑
@WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @DrTedros @antonioguterres @UN @UNFCCC #ClimateChange is increasing the risk of #dengue and other 🦟-borne diseases.

Warmer temperatures are expanding habitats for mosquitoes & putting millions more people at risk of these diseases

The direct cost of #ClimateChange to health is estimated to be between USD 2-4 billion per year by 2030.

Today, less than 0.5% of international finance for climate change is allocated to health.
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LIVE from WHO: Director-General @DrTedros addresses the 40th anniversary of #smallpox eradication pscp.tv/w/cMOK3DI2MTAy…
@DrTedros "Today, #smallpox is the only human disease ever eradicated, a testimony to what we can achieve when all nations work together.
When it comes to epidemic disease, we have a shared responsibility and a shared destiny."

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@DrTedros @WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO “Our experience with #smallpox informs the strategies and tools we now use to fight polio and Ebola, such as disease surveillance, health promotion, and ring vaccination.”

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@WHO
This month, 40 years ago, #smallpox was confirmed to have been eradicated.
It was one of the deadliest diseases known to humans, and is still the only human disease to have been eradicated bit.ly/2H9bpKM

#VaccinesWork
@WHOSEARO @WHO_Europe @WHOAFRO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO The eradication of #smallpox from the world was certified by the Global Commission, an independent panel of scientists drawn from 19 nations in December 1979 at WHO Headquarters, Geneva bit.ly/2H9bpKM
Five months later, in May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly issued its official declaration on behalf of all WHO Member States that ‘the world and all its peoples have won freedom from #smallpox’

#VaccinesWork💪🏽
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New WHO report examines how countries progress towards financing #HealthForAll bit.ly/2YENryd
@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @pahowho Global spending on health continues to rise!

Between 2000 and 2017, spending on health globally grew by 3.9% per annum on average while the broader economy grew only 3.0% bit.ly/2YENryd
@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @pahowho Public health spending – about 60% of global spending on health – grew 4.3% a year between 2000 and 2017 bit.ly/2YENryd
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Ben See
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#COP justice veterans: we've never seen such failure before. 🚨⚰️💔

@BBCNews: agreement through compromise wins the day. 🎉👍😎

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I am more pissed off at this premise from the audience (a teacher!) than with #BernieSanders' response
"Human population growth has more than doubled in the past 50 years. The planet cannot sustain this growth."
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Of course the population has grown! But,
a. #sustainability in the context of #ClimateChange is NOT about sheer numbers of people
b. the growth rate has slowed down. A LOT!
Therefore, discussing #abortion is awful in this context
Take the important #abortion question (pro or anti) to some other context of the human condition. Don't thread that with population growth and sustainability
Do people even care about evidence anymore?
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Ed Davey 🔶
@EdwardJDavey
At #TheTimeIsNow lobby I was reminded of the huge positive effects of the fight to stop #ClimateChange 👇

🌿 Crucial one is clean air. Air pollution is responsible for more deaths than smoking. Eliminating fossil fuels will clean up our air & improve our health 1/4
🌿Fighting #ClimateChange helps us fight poverty. Advances in renewables means electricity can be extended to the poorest parts of the world enabling development & growth

Find out about my plan to direct £trillions investment into renewable tech at edforleader.org 2/4
Turning our economy green means we can take on vested interests

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