Health impacts of climate change and the need to prevent them should be at centre stage of
the ongoing debate on climate policies (1). We have specifically prepared this series of …

The evidence for anthropogenic climate change is now clear and convincing. The Earth's
surface has warmed by more than 0.8 C over the past century, and by approximately 0.6 C in …

Climate change is projected to have sweeping adverse effects on the Earth, imposing
diverse threats to ecosystems and people. The threats extend to the health of the public, with …

The impacts of climate change on health are irrefutable. More than 3.3 billion people reside
in parts of the world that are highly vulnerable to climate change and face significant health …

The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change marked a step-change forward in integrating health into the global …

The scientific consensus is that climate change affects health through changing weather
patterns (such as more intense and frequent extreme events) and indirectly through changes …

Good governance and health in all policies draw on the fundamental principle that all
people have the right to health as part of human rights [8]. Moreover, all governments have …

The issue of equity should be considered by policy-makers as a significant social
mechanism, which can change environment and climate change at country and community …

Climate change is arguably the biggest threat to health in the medium and long term.
Necessary responses to this threat include adaptation, ie preparing to respond to the …

Climate change, caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a
result of fossil fuel combustion and land use change, poses serious challenges for human …