Climate change threatens to undermine the last half century of health gains
Source: The Lancet, Date: , 2015
The threat to human health from climate change is so great that
it could undermine the last fifty years of gains in development and global
health, according to a major new Commission, published in The Lancet. However,
the report provides comprehensive new evidence showing that because responses
to mitigate and adapt to climate change have direct and indirect health
benefits -- from reducing air pollution to improving diet -- concerted global
efforts to tackle climate change actually represent one of the greatest
opportunities to improve global health this century.