Unless we take urgent action to tackle climate change, we can expect an ever-hotter world that threatens global health, disrupts lives and livelihoods, and overwhelms healthcare systems, according to The Lancet‘s Global Countdown on Health and Climate Change, a comprehensive global analysis tracking the impact of climate change on human health across 41 key indicators.
Experts from institutions across the globe who work at the nexus of climate change and health contributed to the published findings, including faculty from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
While the report presents the most worrying outlook to date as key trends worsen, the collaborators also find that with urgent climate action and holistic response to the converging crises, the lives of millions can be improved and saved.
The 41 indicators are organized across five categories: 1) climate change impacts, exposures, and…
