Climate Change Declared a 'Global Health Emergency' as Heat-Related Deaths Soar, Lancet Report Finds

The 10th edition of The Lancet's annual climate and health assessment, published on October 28, 2026, reveals that 68% of the three million heat-related deaths globally between 2016 and 2023 were directly attributable to human-caused climate change. The report calls for climate change to be declared a 'global health emergency' to prompt a coordinated international response.