Lancet Countdown Report Urges WHO to Declare Climate Change a Global Health Emergency

A new report from the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change calls for the World Health Organization (WHO) to formally recognize climate change as a global health emergency. The report, published in The Lancet, highlights escalating health harms, including nearly three million heat-related deaths between 2016 and 2023, and links extreme weather to the faster spread of diseases.