Pages tagged “Lancet Countdown 2020”
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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.
Written by Romelli Rodriguez-Jolly
December 03, 2020