The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

M Romanello, A McGushin, C Di Napoli, P Drummond… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that
independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing …

Classic and exertional heatstroke

A Bouchama, B Abuyassin, C Lehe, O Laitano… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past two decades, record-breaking heatwaves have caused an increasing number of
heat-related deaths, including heatstroke, globally. Heatstroke is a heat illness characterized …

Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China

Y Li, X Yang, Q Ran, H Wu, M Irfan… - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
As a new production factor, digitalization plays a vital role in society, economy, and the
environment. Based on the expanded STIRPAT model, this paper empirically tests the …

The 2021 western North America heat wave among the most extreme events ever recorded globally

V Thompson, AT Kennedy-Asser, E Vosper, YTE Lo… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
In June 2021, western North America experienced a record-breaking heat wave outside the
distribution of previously observed temperatures. While it is clear that the event was extreme …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Q Zhao, Y Guo, T Ye, A Gasparrini, S Tong… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to cold or hot temperatures is associated with premature deaths. We
aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non …

[HTML][HTML] Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England

I Tennison, S Roschnik, B Ashby, R Boyd… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Climate change threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in public
health. In response, the National Health Service (NHS) in England has been working since …

[HTML][HTML] The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on plastics and human health

PJ Landrigan, H Raps, M Cropper, C Bald… - Annals of Global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

An integrated evaluation on China's provincial carbon peak and carbon neutrality

P Yang, S Peng, N Benani, L Dong, X Li, R Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the climate is warming up and climate disasters occur more frequently, China's carbon
peak and carbon neutrality targets are gaining attention, with provinces starting to set carbon …

Views of health professionals on climate change and health: a multinational survey study

J Kotcher, E Maibach, J Miller, E Campbell… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Climate change arguably represents one of the greatest global health threats of our time.
Health professionals can advocate for global efforts to reduce emissions and protect people …

[HTML][HTML] Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals

J Fanzo, L Haddad, KR Schneider, C Béné, NM Covic… - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways
can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and …