Climate activism: a necessity to protect public health

The BMJ Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI:10.1136/bmj.r549
Hilary Neve, Lynne Jones, Katharine Fallon, Philippa Matthews, Kyra Neubauer, Martin Fisher, Alice Clack, Annie Mitchell, Jethro Purkiss, Marion Neffgen, Kirsten Shukla, Geraldine James, Clare Nickells
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We challenge Shaker’s recent letter, in which he says that criminal behaviour cannot be excused in the name of activism.1 Firstly, the climate crisis is not the “personal belief” of a few activists but an existential threat to health, driven by fossil fuel burning and based on overwhelming scientific evidence.2 Secondly, his statement that “unlawful” climate activism undermines public trust in the medical profession is not supported by a …
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