The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms

The Lancet Countdown is an international research collaboration that independently monitors the evolving impacts of climate change on health, and the emerging health opportunities of climate action. In its eighth iteration, this 2023 report draws on the expertise of 114 scientists and health practitioners from 52 research institutions and UN agencies worldwide to provide its most comprehensive assessment yet. Climate change mitigation: tackling the commercial determinants of planetary health inequityThe 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change confirms climate change as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.1 Although the findings of the 2023 report are not surprising, they are incredibly worrying for the survival of humanity. We are currently experiencing a mean heating of 1·14°C above pre-industrial levels, and policies to date put the world on track to almost 3°C of heating. Every health dimension tracked by the Lancet Countdown is worsening as the climate changes. Full-Text PDF