COP27: Climate change threatening global health - report

COP27: Climate change threatening global health - report Climate change is severely impacting people's health around the world, a report by a leading medical publication has found.

The Lancet Countdown report says the world's continued reliance on fossil fuels increases the risk of food insecurity, infectious disease and heat-related illness.

UN Secretary General António Guterres responded that global leaders must match action to the size of the problem. BBC News

See also:

• The 2022 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown: on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels Lancet Countdown
• Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists The Guardian
• Burning fossil fuels is causing a global health crisis The New Statesman