Lancet Countdown: Health Harms Worsen, Progress Lags — 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 published its 10th annual report Tuesday.
- Lancet Countdown finds that climate change’s health harms are getting worse.
- Lancet Countdown also finds that progress is lagging a decade after the Paris Agreement was signed.
Why it matters: Communities affected by climate-related health harms bear the clearest cost, because the report says those harms are worsening despite a legally binding agreement signed a decade ago. For world leaders, the 10th annual assessment makes the gap between the Paris Agreement’s stated purpose and the pace of progress a concrete public-health problem.
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