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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

@LancetCountdown

Bringing together experts from across the globe to track how #climatechange is affecting our #health, and how the world is responding. @wellcometrust funded.

London, England

Joined June 2016

The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Feb 11, 2021
A thread🧵 We looked at 9 key countries in our report exploring the impact of including health in climate action plans ahead of #COP26 lancetcountdown.org/the-lancet-pla… The data shows that millions of deaths could be prevented every year by 2040. 🧮The numbers for each country: 1/10
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Oct 25, 2022
⚡ NEW REPORT ⚡ The Lancet Countdown 2022 Report warns that health is at the mercy of fossil fuels. Read the 2022 assessment of the health impacts of climate change, and the health benefits of climate action: thelancet.com/journals/lance… #LancetClimate22
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Oct 20, 2021
The impact of climate change on health is getting worse & it is exacerbating existing health & social inequities. The 2021 Lancet Countdown Report gives a code red for the health of people in every region of the world. Read the full report thelancet.com/journals/lance… #LancetClimate21
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Nov 14, 2019
It will take the work of the 7.5 billion people currently alive to ensure the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate. Read the @LancetCountdown 2019 report on the state of #health & #climatechange across the 🌎 bit.ly/33EDWk9 #LancetClimate19
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Dec 3, 2020
No country - rich or poor - is immune from the health impacts of climate change. Read the 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown representing the findings of more than 35 leading academic institutions on the state of health & climate change lancetcountdown.org/2020-report/ #LancetClimate20
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Nov 13, 2019
How is #climatechange affecting our #health? How is the world responding? #wildfires, food security, carbon pricing, air pollution exposure- and much more! The latest #data will be available in our 2019 global report, launching 23.30pm UK time tonight! #LancetClimate19
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Oct 30, 2024
⚡ OUT NOW ⚡ The 2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. Read the latest assessment of the links between health and climate change: thelancet.com/journals/lance… #LancetClimate24
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Nov 14, 2023
⚡ NEW REPORT ⚡ The Lancet Countdown 2023 Report underscores the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms. Read the latest assessment of the links between health and climate change: thelancet.com/journals/lance… #LancetClimate23
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
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Nov 15, 2023
OUT NOW: The Lancet Countdown 2023 Report Drawing on the expertise of 114 scientists & health practitioners worldwide, this report provides our most comprehensive assessment of the links between climate change and health yet. Read more: lancetcountdown.org/2023-report/ #LancetClimate23
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Nov 30, 2023
"Together we must remind the world that the climate crisis is a health crisis" As #COP28 opens, we reflect on the remarks of @DrTedros at the Lancet Countdown 2023 Report launch. The upcoming health day at COP is an unprecedented opportunity for health-centred climate action.
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Nov 29, 2018
Health professionals around the 🌍 are increasingly responding to the growing #health challenge posed by #ClimateChange - a key message of the 2018 report in @TheLancet #LancetClimate18
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Sep 6, 2021
🚨220 health journals worldwide including @TheLancet have called for world leaders to take emergency action to restore biodiversity & protect health. This is the 1st time this many journals have combined to publish the same editorial. thelancet.com/journals/lance… #HealthyClimate
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Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect...
The UN General Assembly in September, 2021, will bring countries together at a critical time for marshalling collective action to tackle the global environmental crisis. They will meet again at the...
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Nov 29, 2018
"The findings of the 2018 Lancet report are clear ... We cannot sleepwalk through this health emergency any longer." @WHO Director-General @DrTedros on the #LancetClimate18 report bit.ly/lancetcountdown
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@LancetCountdown
Feb 9, 2021
NEW RESEARCH: Millions of lives saved annually by 2040 if countries raise their climate ambitions – Nationally Determined Contributions – to meet Paris Agreement targets and prioritise health lancetcountdown.org/the-lancet-pla… @TheLancetPlanet #COP26 #TogetherForOurPlanet
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