Dr Trudi Beck says she knows that coronavirus is no small matter, and as a doctor, she takes it as seriously as anyone can. But, Dr Beck writes, “I also want to urge our leaders to take the climate crisis equally seriously. As a doctor and a mother, I’m deeply concerned about, the increasing climate threat, and the rapidly closing window we have to safeguard our future as a society, and that of our children.”
Read the full article published on 27 April 2020 in The Canberra Times.
Trudi Beck is a Wagga Wagga GP and a member of Doctors for the Environment Australia. She also is one of six doctors featured in a compelling video that raises much-needed attention on the twin emergencies of our time–Covid-19 and climate change, and how we must address both crisis to ensure humanity’s health and survival.
Watch the video HERE