Experts urge WHO to declare climate crisis a global health emergency
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An 11‑member, WHO‑convened panel urges declaring climate change a public health emergency of international concern, arguing the climate crisis already threatens health through heat, floods, vector‑borne diseases, air pollution and mental health, and calls for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, improving health impact assessments and making healthcare systems more resilient to prevent millions of deaths.
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