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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Arthur Neslen

Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE in Niederaussem, Germany.
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE in Niederaussem, Germany. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

The World Health Organization (WHO) and almost 200 other health associations have made an unprecedented call for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.

A call to action published on Wednesday, urges governments to agree a legally binding plan to phase out fossil fuel exploration and production, similar to the framework convention on tobacco, which was negotiated under the WHO’s auspices in 2003.

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