Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Doctors Warn Fossil Fuels Harm Health, Urge Action
Doctors from around the world have released a report about how burning coal, gas, and oil harms our health.
These fuels pollute the air and can make people sick from before they are born until they are old.
The report shows that pollution from fossil fuels can lead to problems like miscarriages, childhood cancer, asthma, and other illnesses.
The doctors are asking world leaders to stop building new projects and to stop giving money to these fuels.
Report highlights how fossil fuels damage health from pregnancy to old age.
The study involved doctors from over 125 countries.
The report emphasizes the impact of fossil fuels on various health issues, including childhood leukaemia and asthma.
Doctors urge governments to halt new fossil fuel projects and end subsidies.
The report was released ahead of COP30 in Brazil.
- Who
- Doctors from over 125 countries, led by GCHA
- What
- A report on the health impacts of fossil fuels and call for action
- When
- Released ahead of COP30 (November 10-21)
- Where
- Global impact; case studies include India.
- Why
- To highlight the detrimental health effects of fossil fuels and advocate for ending their use and subsidies.
Doctors' Recommendations
Industry Practices
Fossil Fuel Production
Doctors' Recommendations
Stop new oil, gas, and coal projects and phase out existing ones.
Industry Practices
Continues extraction and production, potentially with government subsidies.
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Doctors' Recommendations
End all subsidies that support the fossil fuel industry.
Industry Practices
Continued support and funding for fossil fuel production.
- Lead Organization
- Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA)
- Number of Doctors
- Over 200
- Countries Represented
- Over 125
- Conference Addressed
- COP30 in Brazil
- Fossil Fuels Examined
- Coal, gas, and oil
- Report Title
- "Cradle to Grave—The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and The Imperative for A Just Transition"
- Key Finding
- Fossil fuels damage health from womb to old age.
- Direct Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- $1.3 Trillion