Experts urge 'global health emergency' as climate harms accelerate
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Heat, drought and storms linked to climate change are already killing millions worldwide. Researchers want global warming to be declared a global health emergency as the health harms from it escalate faster than ever.A new Lancet report reveals the growing toll of climate change on human health, from rising heat deaths and drought to food insecurity and lost livelihoods.
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Tue, 27 October 2026
1 report- Libération (France)23:01first to report
Dix ans après l’entrée en vigueur de l’accord de Paris, un rapport piloté par la célèbre revue médicale britannique, paru ce mercredi 28 octobre, regrette des progrès trop lents. Les chercheurs mettent en cause l’administration Trump et les climatosceptiques.
Wed, 28 October 2026
13 reports- El País (Spain)00:01
El informe ‘The Lancet Countdown’ propone a la OMS crear un instrumento para abordar los impactos del calentamiento de forma coordinada, como sucede con las pandemias
- DW Top Stories00:05edited after publishing
A new Lancet report reveals the growing toll of climate change on human health, from rising heat deaths and drought to food insecurity and lost livelihoods.
- ABC News (Australia)01:52
A new Lancet report finds the number of heat-related deaths has been growing since the 2015 Paris Agreement, despite real gains from the climate pact.
- Le Monde (France)04:00
Le 10ᵉ rapport du Lancet Countdown montre que les effets du réchauffement sur la santé comme le nombre de décès liés à la chaleur se sont considérablement aggravés depuis la signature de l’accord de Paris, en 2015.
- hindustantimes.com05:13
The Lancet Countdown wants climate change formally recognised as a global health emergency. In India, heat cost 4.2% of GDP in 2025, against 0.91% worldwide. | HT Explainers
- France Info (France)05:48
Ce rapport publié par la revue médicale avant la COP 31 associe 146 chercheurs de 30 pays pour évaluer les conséquences du changement climatique sur la santé de la population mondiale.
- Index.hr (Croatia)07:49
SPECIJALISTI pozivaju na proglašenje klimatskih promjena globalnom zdravstvenom krizom.
- Dnevnik.hr (Croatia)08:21
- Anadolu Agency (AA)09:25
Lancet study links climate change to millions of deaths, warns extreme heat and drought are worsening while economic losses exceed $1 trillion annually
- Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)10:05
Molti danni alla salute legati al climate change si stanno aggravando più rapidamente rispetto a 10 anni fa perché le azioni per il clima non sono riuscite a tenere il passo. Basti pensare che, dopo l’entrata in vigore dell’Accordo di Parigi del 2015, la media annuale dei decessi legati al caldo è aumentata di quasi […] L'articolo Crisi climatica, 3 milioni di vittime in otto anni solo per il caldo estremo. L’allarme di Lancet: “Si dichiari l’emergenza sanitaria” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano...
- Dnevnik.hr (Croatia)10:38
- Le Monde English11:55
The 10th Lancet Countdown report shows that the health impacts of global warming, such as heat-related deaths, have worsened significantly since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015.
- indiatimes.com19:35
The report, which was released on Wednesday, said the annual average heat-related deaths rose by nearly 36% globally after the Paris Agreement was introduced. "In 2023 alone, heat was linked to a record 710,000 deaths with more than 70% of that toll attributable to human-caused climate change," it said.
Thu, 29 October 2026
1 report- tportal (Croatia)02:00
Autori novoga važnog izvještaja upozoravaju da bi klimatske promjene trebale biti i formalno proglašene globalnom zdravstvenom krizom jer se njihov utjecaj na zdravlje ljudi intenzivira brže od onoga što se poduzima na razini zemalja da bi se riješile