The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health
- 17 January 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 380 (3), 263-273
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1807873
Abstract
The WHO predicts that 250,000 deaths yearly from 2030 to 2050 will be attributable to climate change. Reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions would be expected to have substantial health benefits — for example, reduced air pollution could lead to a lower risk of noncommunicable disease.Keywords
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