Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading ->
Brazil launched a sweeping climate-health action plan on Thursday, named after the COP30 host city in the Amazon, winning initial endorsements from roughly two dozen countries for a voluntary framework calling on nations to strengthen disease surveillance, build climate-resilient infrastructure, and protect vulnerable populations from the health impacts of rising temperatures and extreme weather. The […] Continue reading ->
The third decade of United Nations climate negotiations opened on Monday in the Brazilian Amazon, as 50,000 negotiators, politicians, civil society representatives, industry lobbyists, and indigenous peoples from around the world gathered for talks on protecting the planet from climate catastrophe. The thirtieth anniversary of COP summits has little time to celebrate: Ten years after […] Continue reading ->
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told world leaders gathered in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday that breaching the 1.5°C warming threshold is now unavoidable, calling the inaction on climate change a “moral failure” and “deadly negligence.” “The hard truth is that we have failed to ensure we remain below 1.5 degrees,” Guterres said in a speech […] Continue reading ->
The world is heading for 2.8°C of warming by century’s end under current policies, according to a United Nations assessment released Tuesday that finds new climate pledges have “barely moved the needle” despite a decade of international commitments under the Paris Agreement. The projection represents a decline from the 3.1°C forecast in last year’s assessment, […] Continue reading ->
Climate change is claiming millions of lives annually through extreme heat, air pollution, wildfires and the spread of deadly infectious diseases, according to the most comprehensive assessment to date of the links between climate change and health. The ninth annual Lancet Countdown report, authored by 128 experts from 71 academic institutions and UN agencies worldwide, […] Continue reading ->
At the World Health Summit in Berlin, the Global Health Matters podcast celebrated a milestone anniversary with a live recording exploring misinformation, the power of social media shaping information, and the future of health communication BERLIN — Five years ago, in a field not exactly known for its podcasting, Dr Garry Aslanyan spotted a gap. […] Continue reading ->