Pages tagged “global impacts of climate change”

  • Climate change is claiming lives – Lancet Countdown 2020 report

    MEDIA STATEMENT, 3 December 2020

    Evidence from the latest Lancet Countdown report show that climate change induced shocks such as wildfires and heat waves are claiming lives now and unless urgent action is taken then health impacts will worsen, so it is timely our government has just declared a climate emergency, said Dr Dermot Coffey, Co-convenor, OraTaiao: NZ Climate and Health Council.

    Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly

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    December 03, 2020