International Community Must Do More To Address Global Health Impacts Of Climate Change, Leaders At UNGA Say

TIME: Climate Change Is Already Making People Sicker
“Climate change is a central issue at this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with multiple high-level meetings on the issue happening amid several devastating natural disasters. … The impact of climate change on global health is also becoming increasingly clear. … Leaders at the U.N. say that while more countries are explicitly calling out these risks to health now than in the past, there’s still more work to do…” (Sifferlin, 9/20).

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