climate action
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The Lancet publishes new report on health and climate change
18th November 2019
The 2019 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change was released last week, representing the findings & consensus of 35 leading academic institutions & UN agencies.
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Fueling an Unhealthy Future: Governments Urged to Redirect Subsidies from Health Harming Industries
26th September 2019
A new brief released today on the sidelines of the 2019 UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit and the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development challenges governments to reexamine current economic incentives to industries that harm health including fossil fuels, alcohol, and tobacco.
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Governments should fight air pollution from fossil fuels like they fight tobacco: new report
19th September 2019
A new report launched today challenges political leaders to tackle fossil fuel production and consumption as a health control issue, in the same way that smoking has been reduced and regulated.