Global risk of deadly heat
Climate change can increase the risk of conditions that exceed human thermoregulatory capacity.
Raising Awareness of the Health Impacts of Coal Plant Pollution
In 2000, 2004 and again in 2010, the Clean Air Task Force issued studies based on a methodology and model created by Abt Associates, U.S...
Investors Join Calls for a Food Revolution to Fight Climate Change
A series of new reports shows how climate change is intertwined with the world’s worsening health, and suggests changes in the global food production system.
New Lancet report: The Global Syndemic: Uniting Actions to Address Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change
The Lancet has been busy. Last week, it published a blockbuster report on the need for worldwide dietary changes to improve human health and that...
The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report
Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the...
Weekend reading: The Lancet / EAT Forum report on healthy and sustainable diets
I’ve saved this for Weekend Reading because it will take a weekend to get through it. The report is a blockbuster: 37 authors, 47 pages, 357...
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, by 150 experts from 27 academic institutions and intergovernmental organizations, including the World Health Organization...
8 ways the climate apocalypse could affect your health
Public health journal The Lancet released a report Wednesday warning that climate change is causing a long list of health risks.