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The health effects of climate change are increasingly a matter of concern for the international public health policy community. In 2009, a publication in the general medical journal The Lancet stated that "Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century". The World Health Organization reiterated this in 2015.
The Global Climate and Health Alliance ( GCHA) is an organisation, whose members are health professionals and institutes from around the world, with the purpose of tackling climate change to protect and promote public health. It was formed in 2011 in Durban and by 2015 had admitted over 1,700 health organisations and 8,200 hospitals and health ...
Climate change threatens people with increased flooding, extreme heat, increased food and water scarcity, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can also be a result. [12] The World Health Organization (WHO) calls climate change the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. [13]
Climate change has been called “ the greatest global health threat ,” increasing the risk of a number of potentially life-threatening conditions. 1. Heart disease. Extreme heat has been linked ...
Both crises are global in nature, and both disproportionately affect the most vulnerable communities of color. In the United States alone, COVID-19 hit Black communities the hardest. “The COVID ...
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. The president of the conference was UK cabinet minister Alok Sharma. [1] [2] Delayed for a year due to the ...
Global action is also needed to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on the environment and human health. However, there are many ways we can make changes individually for our health ...
Global warming and climate change affect not only the environment but patient health as well. There is evidence that the association between air pollution, climate change, and lung cancer is ...