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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
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    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
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    ⚡ 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 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    ⚡ 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
    Report cover image reads: 'The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Facing record-breaking threats from delayed action'
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    ⚡ 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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    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
    Front cover of the Lancet Countdown report reads:
The 2023 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: The imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms.
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    "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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    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
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    🚨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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    "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
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    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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