US EditionClimate Change Drives 23% Rise in Heat-Related Deaths, Lancet Report Warns
The report highlights health and economic risks from extreme weather and heatwaves, estimating €5.6 trillion in losses by 2050 if Europe fails to act on climate change.
- Climate change is causing millions of avoidable deaths annually due to policy failures and health impacts, according to an international team of experts from the Lancet Countdown.
- An estimated 546,000 people died each year from heat exposure from 2012 to 2021, and wildfire smoke caused 154,000 deaths in 2023.
- Governments invested over $950 billion in fossil fuel subsidies in 2023, despite the growing health threats associated with climate change.
- The Lancet Countdown report highlights the need for urgent investment in zero-carbon energy and climate-resilient infrastructure to protect health.
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Climate inaction causing ‘millions’ of avoidable deaths, experts say
(UPDATE) PARIS — Climate change is ravaging the health of people around the world and policy failures are leading to “millions” of avoidable deaths each year, an international team of experts said Wednesday.Opportunities for a “just” climate transition were still on the table but remained “largely untapped,” according to the Lancet’s Countdown, a major annual study tracking the health impacts of climate change.The report put figures on some of t…
According to a report, twelve out of 20 indicators of climate-related health threats have reached record levels, and the authors speak of a "unprecedented threat to health and life worldwide".
Average global temperatures continue to rise, a trend fuelled by the use of fossil fuels that reached a new record in 2024.
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Like the devastating hurricane Melissa that is currently affecting the Caribbean, the impact of global warming on populations is increasingly harmful.
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