Lancet Report Declares Climate Change a Global Health Emergency

The 2026 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, involving over 140 researchers, has labeled climate change a "global health emergency." It warns that health impacts are accelerating faster than global response efforts. Heat-related deaths reached a record 3 million globally between 2016-2023, with 68% attributed to human-caused climate change. Economic losses from reduced worker productivity due to rising temperatures have exceeded $1 trillion annually in the last three years.