Medical experts warn climate change is now a 'global health emergency'
- The damage wreaked by climate change on human health is escalating, experts warn, with deaths from heat, drought and other extreme weather rising faster than the world is taking action to limit global warming.
- Published on Wednesday, a report by medical journal The Lancet calls for climate change to be declared "a global health emergency".
- Some 3 million deaths between 2016 and 2023 can be attributed to global warming, according to the latest Lancet Countdown report, a global study of climate-related health risks.
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- The damage wreaked by climate change on human health is escalating, experts warn, with deaths from heat, drought and other extreme weather rising faster than the world is taking action to limit global warming.
- Published on Wednesday, a report by medical journal The Lancet calls for climate change to be declared "a global health emergency".
- Some 3 million deaths between 2016 and 2023 can be attributed to global warming, according to the latest Lancet Countdown report, a global study of climate-related health risks.
Sources: RFI