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Climate change must be declared 'global health emergency': Lancet study (opens in a new tab)

medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-28

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The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a decade of escalating health harms and a decisive moment for all

The Lancet · 2026
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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedClimate change must be declared a "global health emergency" to shape governments' policies after heat caused three million deaths between 2016 and 2023, the report said.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe report said there were a record 710,000 heat-related deaths in 2023, with more than 70% of that toll linked to human-caused climate change.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedMarina Romanello said there were "three million heat-related deaths globally in an eight-year span since the Paris Agreement" and that "68% of those deaths are directly attributable to climate change."View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe researchers said warming has cost the global economy more than $1 trillion per year over the past three years by reducing worker productivity.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe report said fossil fuels still account for 80% of global energy and cause air pollution that results in 2.73 million deaths per year, while roughly 323,000 deaths have been avoided in at least 77 countries where air pollution from fossil fuels has fallen since 2016.View evidenceHide evidence

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The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a decade of escalating health harms and a decisive moment for all

The Lancet · 2026

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The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a decade of escalating health harms and a decisive moment for all

The Lancet · 2026 · Crossref

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