Lancet Countdown: Climate Action Lags, Health Worsens — SkimNews
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- Paris Agreement was signed by world leaders a decade ago as a legally binding pact to combat climate change.
- Lancet Countdown report found that the climate crisis’s health harms are getting worse.
- Lancet Countdown report also found that progress in combating climate change is lagging.
- Lancet Countdown report is the series’ 10th annual installment and was published Tuesday.
Why it matters: At the 10-year mark of the legally binding Paris Agreement, the Lancet Countdown report says climate progress is lagging while health harms worsen. For world leaders, that is a stark health-accountability gap; for people already experiencing those harms, it is the continued deterioration scientists documented in Tuesday’s 10th annual report.
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