Health News Climate Change Is The Biggest Human Health Risk, Says Africa S Disease Boss

Polar climate change could amplify global health risks, study warns

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue. Read More

Uniting academies of medicine on climate and health

Climate change is not only an environmental crisis but also a defining health emergency of our time. Its cascading effects, from rising temperatures, extreme weather events, air pollution, and ... Read More

Climate Change Is One Of The Biggest Health Threats Worldwide: Lancet Report

While heart attacks and cancers are well-known causes of death globally, climate change is one of those factors that needs immediate global attention. The 2025 Lancet Countdown report on Health and ... Read More

Heat-related childhood deaths have doubled in Africa due to climate change – new study

‘We have high confidence that in many locations around the world, climate change caused by burning fossil fuels is killing people,” said Dr Christopher Trisos, director of the Climate Risk Lab at UCT ... Read More

Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says

Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago. By Raymond Zhong and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The ... Read More

How climate change poses a national security threat

Climate change doesn’t just pose an existential threat to our planet. It’s also ratcheting up national security risks. With increasing food insecurity, resource scarcity and unstable borders, climate ... Read More