Climate change already damaging health of millions globally

UCL researchers have contributed to a report showing that climate change is already a significant public health issue and a looming global health emergency. The research findings, titled "From 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health" and outlined in The Lancet medical journal, demonstrate the various ways climate change is already affecting the health of people across the planet today. The report was produced by the Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, which UCL leads. The organisation involves leading doctors, academics and policy professionals who have contributed analysis and jointly authored the report. Aside from UCL, partners behind the research include the World Bank and the World Health Organization. Dr Nick Watts (UCL Institute for Global Health), Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown, has commented on the significance of the report. "The Lancet Countdown's 2017 report provides a global 'health check' on the state of the planet.