Dr. Ola Nordrum:

We talked about this before. Air pollution, as one example of fossil fuel health harm, is the second biggest risk factor for death globally. When I talk to patients I talk about the biggest risk factor being high blood pressure and smoking being the third biggest risk factor, but air pollution is not something I talk about because it is not something I can address. I can address the blood pressure and I can address the smoking but air pollution is not something I can directly address. I can do so in this setting, however. When we talk about this it is all about preventing disease not just treating disease, treating the symptom and treating the patients when they come into me in the emergency department of into the hospital. It is about preventing them from becoming sick in the first place. As the Cathaoirleach pointed out, and this is from the UN as well, fossil fuel bans are a way of protecting public health and also a way to reduce emissions. That was the point I wanted to make.