This editorial, written in collaboration between health and military professionals, calls on doctors to make their voices heard on the issue of climate change. It reflects on a recent report by
the International Institute for
Strategic Studies (IISS) has highlighted that the effects of climate
change will present a
threat to collective security and
global order in the first half of the 21st century. This will limit access to food, safe water, power, sanitation, and
health services and drive mass migration and competition
for remaining resources. Starvation,
diarrhoea, and infectious diseases will become more common, and neonatal
and adult mortality
will rise, as a result of conflict. Visit the BMJ website for more information and to read the full editorial.
