Health News How Climate Change Will Affect Your Health

Climate change is in the news during COP30. We’ve got tips to tackle your climate anxiety

Global leaders have descended upon Brazil for COP30, and with the conference often comes a lot of negative news that evokes climate anxiety and dread. Read More

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions

This story is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is made possible thanks to support from the Wellcome Trust. As ... Read More

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

Valley emergency medicine physician discusses climate change impact on public health

As more extreme weather events, such as heatwaves are occurring more frequently during the summer, physicians are paying close attention to their impact on the human body. Dr. Abigail Hankin-Wei is an ... Read More

Climate change taking toll on teen mental health, study finds

More than a third of Canadian teens say climate change is impacting their mental health, according to a national study led by Athabasca University researchers, published in PLOS Mental Health. A ... Read More

Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ... Read More

The aerosol dilemma: How fighting pollution affects climate change

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ... Read More

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels

Justice & Health ‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels Global researchers find that public awareness of climate threats is growing, but governments and ... Read More

Climate Change and Occupational Hazards: Protecting Worker Health and Safety

The field of occupational health and safety is facing unprecedented challenges in the context of accelerating climate change. As global temperatures rise ... Read More

How climate change could be ruining your sleep

Climate change could be disrupting how well you sleep, scientists have found. That’s because hotter nights caused by the climate crisis could be making sleep apnoea more common - a condition thought ... Read More

Climate change affects ‘last resort’ insurers

In recent years, hundreds of thousands of Californians have purchased home insurance from a state-managed "last resort" insurance pool that has grown rapidly as private insurance companies have fled ... Read More