Climate change, driven by fossil fuel emissions, is raising temperatures to dangerous new heights, while also worsening drought and food security, a new report by doctors and he
A drone view shows people carrying food and water delivered by the civil defence to the isolated villages at the dry Lake Puraquequara during the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950 in San Francisco do Maina in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on Oct 1, 2024.
"Year on year, the deaths directly associated with climate change are increasing," said Marina Belén Romanello, executive director of the Lancet Countdown. For example, people who exercise outdoors are increasingly at risk, she said. Companies are facing limited capacity for working outdoors.Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says
"Similar to what we saw with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is key workers who tend to be most exposed and unable to shield as easily during heatwaves, such as those working in one of our many hospitals without air conditioning, or outdoor construction workers," said data scientist Nathan Cheetham at King's College London in a statement. Cheetham was not involved in the study.
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