Climate change may be the greatest health threat of the twenty-first century, impacting lives
both directly and indirectly, through undermining the environmental and social determinants …

Background The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere
is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible …

Importance Health is inextricably linked to climate change. It is important for clinicians to
understand this relationship in order to discuss associated health risks with their patients …

Climate Change—A Health Emergency The effects of climate disruption are fundamentally
health issues. As physicians, we have a special responsibility to safeguard health and …

The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health The WHO predicts that 250,000 deaths
yearly from 2030 to 2050 will be attributable to climate change. Reductions in greenhouse …

Effects of climate change on health will affect most populations in the next decades and put
the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk. During this century, earth's …

The most severe consequences of climate change will accrue to the poorest people in the
poorest countries, despite their own negligible contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. In …

Climate change has triggered a global public health emergency that, unless adequately
addressed, is likely to become a multigenerational public health catastrophe. The policy …

Background: In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States passed a World
Health Assembly resolution that identified the following five priority areas for research and …

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