Mar 24, 2025
The World Health Organization’s conference on air pollution and health opens this week in Cartagena, Colombia. Dr Yuri Carvajal is a board member of the Global Climate and Health Alliance and President of the Environment Department of The Medical College of Chile....
Mar 11, 2025
Associated Press, March 11, 2025, by Sibi Aru: Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found. Switzerland-based air...
Mar 6, 2025
Associated Press, March 6, 2025: By TAIWO ADEBAYO and SIBI ARASUThe U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and...
Jan 30, 2025
Courtney Howard, vice chair of the Global Climate and Health Alliance quoted by the Associated press in Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by...
Nov 9, 2024
Press coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance during COP29: Reuters Context Newsroom: COP 29: Health-focused climate action in the spotlight Agence France Presse/Radio France International: Heat, air pollution, disease: How climate change affects health...
Oct 23, 2024
As health actors ramp up their game on climate change, in advance of the next UN Climate Conference (COP 29), the fact that global warming poses an ‘existential threat’ to health has become almost cliché. From extreme heat and flooding to the impact of drought on...
