When doctors become aware of a threat to public health, they have a professional duty to try to mitigate the threat. Climate change is a recognized major threat to planetary and public health that requires actions to both mitigate, and adapt to, climate change. The limited time and resources available to change what humankind are doing and protect planetary health add urgency to the threat. Some doctors take non-violent direct actions if their governments fail to take the effective actions needed. Professional regulatory organizations like the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) are charged with protecting the health of patients by setting standards for, giving ethical advice about, and supervising the behaviour of doctors. This article examines the conflict between climate activist doctors and the GMC interpretation of a doctor’s duty of care when there is threat to public health from climate change.

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气候紧急情况：是采取非暴力直接行动来提高公众意识的激进主义者，有主见的专业人员还是不情愿的举报者？

当医生意识到对公共健康的威胁时，他们就有专业的职责来尝试减轻这种威胁。气候变化是公认的对行星和公共健康的主要威胁，需要采取措施缓解和适应气候变化。改变人类正在做的事情和保护行星健康的有限时间和资源有限，加剧了这一威胁的紧迫性。如果他们的政府未能采取所需的有效措施，则一些医生会采取非暴力的直接措施。英国通用医学委员会（GMC）等专业监管组织负责通过制定医生的标准，提供道德咨询和监督医生的行为来保护患者的健康。