Thread by @WHO

Today is #EarthDay !

The WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from #COVID19 lists 6 steps to create a

💟 healthier
⚖️ fairer
🌳 greener

world 🌍🌏🌎 while investing to maintain & resuscitate the economy. 👉bit.ly/HealthyRecovery

1⃣ We must protect & preserve nature, the source of human health, to achieve a healthy & green recovery from #COVID19

✅Save biological diversity
✅Mitigate climate change
✅Manage sanitation & wastewater
✅Prevent air pollution
✅Manage chemicals use

👉bit.ly/HealthyRecovery

2⃣ For a healthy & green recovery from #COVID19 we must invest in essential services:

✅ Safe drinking water
✅ Sanitation
✅ Hygiene
✅ Clean energy
✅ Healthy, safe & resilient workplaces for all
✅ Safe health care facilities

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3⃣ We must shift quickly away from fossil fuel combustion towards low-emission fuels & energy sources, & renewable combustion-free power sources to achieve a healthy 💟 & green 🌳 recovery from #COVID19.

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WHO calls upon everyone:

👥 governments
👥 corporations
👥 civil society
👥 individuals

to take and demand action to reduce #AirPollution and bring transformative changes in our lifestyles. #EarthDay2021

4⃣ For a healthy & green recovery from #COVID19, we need sustainable food systems:

👨‍🌾 Strengthen local food production
🥦 Promote diets based on unprocessed foods
🌽 Promote the diversification of crops
🐟 Preserve fish habitats

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5⃣ Over half of the 🌐 population now lives in cities.

Cities are responsible for over 60% of both economic activity & greenhouse gas emissions.

We must build healthy, liveable cities to achieve a healthy & green recovery from #COVID19.

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6⃣ Recovering from #COVID19 will have to go hand in hand with financial reform. A good place to start is to stop using taxpayers’ money for fossil fuel subsidies - a major cause of pollution & damage to our environment.

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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.

This #EarthDay , let's take care of our health and our world 🌍🌏🌎!

#ClimateChange fuels the spread of infectious diseases such as:

🚨 Malaria
🚨 Dengue
🚨 Cholera

It also increases the risk of noncommunicable diseases by polluting the air, food & water that sustain our lives.

We can change this 👉bit.ly/3116GEq #EarthDay

'We can no longer separate the health crisis from the ecological crisis, & we can't separate the ecological crisis from the climate crisis. It's all interlinked in many ways. 🌐 problems require 🌐 solutions' - @GretaThunberg

On #EarthDay, let's #ACTogether for #VaccinEquity!