The UN General Assembly in September, 2021, will bring countries together at a critical time
for marshalling collective action to tackle the global environmental crisis. They will meet …

Executive summary The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been
formed to map out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, in …

“Tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.”
1 This finding, the central message of the second Lancet Commission on Health and …

Executive summary China, with its growing population and economic development, faces
increasing risks to health from climate change, but also opportunities to address these risks …

Climate change harms health in all populations. 1 Heatrelated illness and deaths are
increasing worldwide, from heatstroke, adverse pregnancy outcomes, worsened kidney …

Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that
independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing …

Executive summary The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change
was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking …

Executive Summary The Lancet Countdown is an international research collaboration that
independently monitors the evolving impacts of climate change on health, and the emerging …

Executive summary Left unmitigated, climate change poses a catastrophic risk to human
health, requiring an urgent and concerted response from every country. As the home to one …

Executive summary In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened
in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of …