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"For the past six-seven years, the situation has worsened."

Continued engagement by the health community is needed to ensure climate action is commensurate with the scale of the threat, argue these authors COP28 took place at the end of 2023 amid unprecedented global challenges, with record high temperatures, widespread wildfires, and destructive floods, all demonstrating the immediate reality of the climate crisis. The health community has been engaging in COPs (international negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the effects of climate change) for the past decade, but COP28 was nonetheless a year of health “firsts.”1 It includ...

As we navigate through the aftermath of COP28, it becomes imperative to critically examine the nuances and implications of this phrase – Just Transition, recognizing its potential as a transformative force in shaping an equitable future.

​​Climate change is increasingly impacting human health. This event will identify principles for a healthy and just transition across sectors, and share solutions and ways forward. ​

NEW DELHI—Manju Devi suffered in pain for two months last year as she worked on a farm near Delhi, unable to break away from duties that sometimes had her standing for hours in the waist-deep water of a rice paddy, lifting heavy loads in intense heat and spraying pesticides and…