Experts Urge Declaration of Climate Change as Global Health Emergency Following Alarming Lancet Report

A major international report, the 2026 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, reveals that health harms from climate change have accelerated over the past decade, with heat alone linked to a record 710,000 global deaths in 2023. Researchers from the University of Sydney, who contributed to the report, emphasize the unequivocal evidence that climate change is harming health worldwide through increased dangerous heat days, extreme weather exposure, food insecurity, and infectious diseases. The findings underscore the urgency for global action to protect human health from escalating climate-related risks.