Why mental health is a priority for action on climate change
GHealth News – Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched today…
Category: Climate Change
Climate change: ‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5C warming limit
By Matt McGrath UK Met Office researchers say that there’s now around a fifty-fifty chance that the world will warm…
Earth Day: 5 ways to repair the damage to our planet and combat climate change
International Mother Earth Day is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet, and let’s face…
Climate change a major threat to global health, says WHO
GHealth News – Climate change poses a serious threat to human health that calls for urgent action and global collaboration…
Climate change: IPCC report warns of ‘irreversible’ impacts of global warming
By Matt McGrath Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply “irreversible” according to the UN’s latest assessment.…
Egypt to host COP27 international climate conference in 2022
Egypt will host the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2022, the country’s environment ministry said on Thursday. The…
Climate-linked health risks to rise, COP26 panelists warn
If you thought the COVID pandemic was disruptive and deadly, climate change will be so much worse. So said a…
Climate Change Is a Health Crisis
By: JULIA GILLARD The damaging effects of a warming planet are not limited to the environment. The United Nations Climate…
Global heating ‘may lead to epidemic of kidney disease’
Chronic kidney disease linked to heat stress could become a major health epidemic for millions of workers around the world…