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We asked leaders in global health and development to share their wishes for the new year. Here's what they hope will happen in the year ahead. And readers, we'd like to hear from you.

We asked leaders in global health and development to share their wishes for the new year. Here's what they hope will happen in the year ahead. And readers, we'd like to hear from you.

This year — with record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no region has been immune to the signs of a warming climate.

On December 3, the recently concluded United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai marked the celebration of the inaugural ‘Health Day’. This is the first time that the conference has...

Laos has joined 122 other countries in endorsing the Declaration on Climate and Health (COP28) at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates from Nov 30-Dec 2012.

On the first-ever Health Day at a COP, more than 40 million health professionals from around the globe joined the call to action by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and civil society organisations, to prioritise health in climate negotiations at COP28.

COP28 calls attention to health-climate link Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Transformative change is needed, says WHO The effect of climate change on human health is increasingly visible,1 and health systems will inevitably be challenged over coming decades. Healthcare professionals are also increasingly aware of our climate impact—healthcare is responsible for 4.6% of emissions globally.1 The 28th annual UN climate conference (COP28) for the first time included a “health day” dedicated to climate and health. Several key papers on climate and health have been publ...

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The effects of climate change on health are getting more political traction. But there’s still more to do, particularly as the health harms of climate change are only getting more serious.