Health Week
Time to protect against climate-aided spread of disease
Many infectious diseases are already shifting, work to protect ourselves against them should start now, writes Healthy Planet UK’s Laura Pearson
UNICEF: Children bear brunt of climate health impacts
Children are both more exposed to the impacts of climate change and less able to cope with them, writes UNICEF’s Jazmin Burgess
Food in the shadow of climate change
Climate change’s health threat that is easiest to understand is hunger. Dalvir Kular takes an optimistic look at how we can bolster food security
Health impacts will hit climate migrants even harder
Climate change is forcing displacement and migration now says Jonny Elliot, and the health impacts will make the situation worse
The hidden health threats of extreme weather events
Cold, mould and carbon monoxide are just some of the surprising health impacts of extreme weather events that fly under the radar, writes Healthy Planet’s Izzy Braithwaite
Comment: Health overlooked in our response to climate change
Protecting health and welfare is a central tenet of the UN climate change convention but is largely absent from the debate, says Isobel Braithwaite
Climate change threatens health in the new megacities
With half the world now living in cities, a focus on the climate impacts on health in urban environments could save lives, writes Shuo Zhang of Healthy Planet UK