Lancet Report Urges Global Health Emergency Declaration for Climate Change

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Published: 2026-10-28
Category: health
Source: The Lancet / WHO / Gavi.org
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The 10th annual Lancet Countdown report, in collaboration with WHO, reveals accelerating health impacts from climate change, with heat-related deaths reaching three million globally from 2016-2023. Attributing 68% of these deaths to human-caused climate change, the report advocates for declaring a global health emergency to prompt a coordinated, long-term international response.

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