IN a year dominated by Covid-19 headlines, it was easy for climate change and the environment to slide off the agenda: The word “climate” even fell off the Oxford Dictionary’s count of most-popular words in 2020. Yet, another recent count – the Lancet countdown on health and climate change, which collates advice from global public health experts – reminds us that we must keep climate change squarely in our thoughts moving forward.
This research collaboration monitored the relationship between climate change and public health and concluded that a warming climate threatens health, the economy and our communities.