The Lancet medical journal: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions has major direct health benefits

“Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.” So concluded a Lancet—UCL Commission earlier this year.  Asystematic appraisal of available evidence showed that the risks from changing patterns of disease, food insecurity, unsafe water and sanitation, damage to human settlements, extreme events, and population growth and migration were far more severe for human health than most observers had understood. The message added an important new dimension to theSource: Climate Progress RSS Feed