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Four surprising ways climate change is affecting people’s health in England and Wales

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28 January 20222 February 2022

When you take age out of the equation, temperature-related deaths are on the decline in England and Wales. That’s according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But…Read More >

One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here’s how else warming affects our health

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4 June 202111 November 2021

Since 1991, 37% of lives lost due to extreme heat globally can be attributed to climate change on average. That’s according to a new study which gathered data from 732…Read More >

Overshadowed by COVID: the deadly extreme weather of 2020

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5 January 2021

The year 2020 will no doubt go down in history for other reasons, but it is also on target to be one of the warmest on record. And as the…Read More >

Heatwaves are an invisible killer – and the UK is woefully unprepared

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10 September 202012 November 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause suffering around the world, but another killer has silently struck in summer 2020. With relatively little by way of official warning or advice on…Read More >

Improving health, curbing climate change – a win-win situation

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7 November 201915 November 2021

Professor Elizabeth Robinson, whose research contributes to The Lancet Countdown, explores how actions that individuals and governments can take to improve our health can also help to curb climate change.

Climate change: turning up the heat on our health

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17 October 201915 November 2021

We all know that climate change is harming the planet – but what about us? Sarah Harrop reports on a recent public lecture by economist Professor Liz Robinson, in which…Read More >

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