Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
As climate negotiations continue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health...
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Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns new Lancet Countdown report
WHO and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognized as the most powerful driver...
This dietary pattern could save lives and the planet
Some 40,000 early deaths could be prevented each day across the world if more people adopted a healthier, planet-friendly diet,...
Landmark study recommends ‘Planetary Health Diet’ for saving lives and the planet
Changing how the world eats could reduce premature deaths, save trillions of dollars and slow the impacts of climate change,...
WHO launches bold push to raise health taxes and save millions of lives
The World Health Organization (WHO) today has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco,...
The invisible killer in all our lives
BBCJames Gallagher recording sound levels around BarcelonaWe are surrounded by an invisible killer. One so common that we barely notice...
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The Lancet urges divestment from fossil fuels to save lives
The 2024 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, launched today, reveals a stark escalation in climate-related health threats, with...
Modern weather radar technology has saved lives in TN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In my forty-seven-year career in meteorology, forty-two of which were here in Nashville and Middle Tennessee,...
