The world’s leading medical journal The Lancet has released a special report on climate change and its impact on human health, describing global warming as a health emergency.
The finding by the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change represents a significant elevation of alert level from their 2009 report which warned that climate change was the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century.
In this video ANU climate and health scientists discuss the findings of the report.
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