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Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000 heat-related deaths per year across Africa, South America and Asia over 2001-20, new research ...Read More
Agriculture has a huge impact on the environment. Food production takes up more than one-third of Earth’s land, is responsible for one-third of hum...Read More
Climate change will make it harder for the world’s poorest people to migrate – leaving them “extremely vulnerable” to continued impacts and i...Read More
Mammals forced to move to cooler climes amid global warming are “already” spreading their viruses further – with “undoubtable” impacts for ...Read More
The already perilous desert crossing from Mexico to the US will become more dangerous as the climate warms, new research says.The research, publi...Read More
In 2017, the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change warned that the impact of climate change on human health is now so severe that it should b...Read More
On World Health Day in 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “protecting human health is the ‘bottom line’ of climate change ...Read More
The pollen season in North America is starting earlier and lasting longer than it did four decades ago, a new study says.The research, published ...Read More
A new study suggests that climate change is enabling the evolution of new coronaviruses by creating “hotspots” for multiple bat species. ...Read More
The negative impacts of climate change on child malnourishment could outweigh the positive effects of economic development in low- and middle-income ...Read More
Efforts to tackle gender inequality can play a key role in how countries adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change, a new study says.The...Read More
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