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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 ...
António Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General 27 July 2023 Schematic overview on the central role of the Earth heat inventory and its linkages. 6 February: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said "I have a special message for fossil fuel producers and their enablers scrambling to expand production and raking in monster profits: If you cannot set a credible course for net-zero, with 2025 and ...
Climate change is an overarching threat that touches on all of these things — those who are disadvantaged are at greater risk of suffering most from its negative effects. This is acutely true ...
For the first time, there will be a dedicated Health Day at COP28, underscoring the growing understanding of the interplay between climate and health. Climate change is our greatest health crisis.
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.
However, climate change is likely to affect the health of the most vulnerable in high income countries as well. “These conditions can create or intensify exposures to hazards that impact human health, like extreme heat, poor air quality, reduced food and water quality, and displacement of populations of people,” she tells Medical News Today.
The connection between climate change and health is important to me because it hits close to home. Not only are they fascinating topics, these two issues are part of humanity’s most pressing ...
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 ...