Carta al Presidente de la COP28 - No más combustibles fósiles

A statement from the Global Climate and Health Alliance addressed to the COP28 President, urging the accelerated, just, and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels to protect global health and achieve the 1.5 °C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.

• The authors argue that for COP28 to be a 'COP of health', it must address the root cause of the climate crisis: the continued extraction and use of coal, oil, and gas. They state that ending the dependence on fossil fuels is necessary to maintain global temperature increases within the 1.5 °C limit set by the Paris Agreement, which is essential for health and economic prosperity.
• Air pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels causes approximately 4.2 million premature deaths annually. Transitioning to clean energy sources could reduce the burden of various cancers, heart diseases, neurological conditions, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), while saving hundreds of billions of dollars in healthcare costs.
• The document rejects 'false solutions' such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), claiming they extend the use of fossil fuels without providing immediate health improvements and risk increasing harmful emissions and delaying climate progress.
• The authors call for a just and equitable energy transition that ensures access to clean, affordable, and resilient energy for fragile states and excluded communities. They advocate for shifting funding from fossil fuel subsidies toward proven climate and health solutions, noting that high-income countries and private sectors must fulfill and increase the 2015 commitment to mobilize 100 billion dollars annually in climate financing.
• The statement demands that the fossil fuel industry be excluded from climate negotiations to prevent lobbying, misinformation, and delays, drawing a parallel to the exclusion of the tobacco industry from the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (n.d.). Carta al Presidente de la COP28 - No más combustibles fósiles. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Carta-al-Presidente-de-la-COP28-No-mas-combustibles-fosiles.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. Carta al Presidente de la COP28 - No más combustibles fósiles. n.d. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Carta-al-Presidente-de-la-COP28-No-mas-combustibles-fosiles.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{globalclimateandhealthalliancendcarta, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{Carta al Presidente de la COP28 - No más combustibles fósiles}}, publisher = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Carta-al-Presidente-de-la-COP28-No-mas-combustibles-fosiles.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }