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Climate change: Experts call on WHO to formally declare global health emergency
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Climate change should be declared a global health emergency, experts say after new data show that the health harms from global heating are accelerating more quickly than they were a decade ago. Annual average heat related deaths rose by nearly 36% worldwide in the 10 years after the Paris Agreement was introduced (2016-25), said the 10th report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.1Led by University College London, and involving more than 300 researchers from more than 100...
Climate change should be declared a global health emergency, experts say after new data show that the health harms from global heating are accelerating more quickly than they were a decade ago.Annual average heat related deaths rose by nearly 36% worldwide in the 10 years after the Paris Agreement was introduced (2016-25), said the 10th report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.1Led by University College London, and involving more than 300 researchers from more than 100 institutions worldwide, the annual report was set up to track the links between climate change and health. It is produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).The study authors call on WHO to formally declare climate change as a global health emergency to enable a coordinated global response and for governments to put health at the centre of every climate decision.The call echoes those issued by other experts. Earlier this...