Climate change is being counted not just in degrees but in lives lost
The world’s failure to rein in global warming is exacting a deadly
toll on human health, with heat-related deaths up 23% since the 1990s
and now claiming an estimated 546,000 lives each year, according to
the 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.
“This year’s e="site-divison--2" href="http://the-daily.org">health stocktake paints a bleak and undeniable picture of
devastating health harms reaching all corners of the world – with
record-breaking... Link to Vital Signs news article
Photo credit: Heatwave in Europe ©Copernicus Sentinel data 2020, via Wikimedia Commons
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