Climate Change Declared 'Global Health Emergency' by Lancet Report

• The Lancet Countdown report, involving 146 researchers from 30 countries, urges climate change to be declared a global health emergency.
• Heat caused three million deaths between 2016 and 2023, with many health indicators linked to climate change worsening.
• Health risks and harms from climate change grew faster in the decade after the Paris Agreement (2016–2025) than in the decade before it (2006–2015).
• Experts highlight that heat, drought, and storms linked to climate change are already killing millions worldwide.
• The report emphasizes that progress in combating climate change has not kept pace with the escalating health harms.