Executive Summary The Lancet Countdown is an international research collaboration that
independently monitors the evolving impacts of climate change on health, and the emerging …

Executive summary The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown is published as the world
confronts profound and concurrent systemic shocks. Countries and health systems continue …

Over 70,000 excess deaths occurred in Europe during the summer of 2003. The resulting
societal awareness led to the design and implementation of adaptation strategies to protect …

Extreme weather events lead to significant adverse societal costs. Extreme Event Attribution
(EEA), a methodology that examines how anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions had …

Heatwaves constitute a major threat to human health and ecosystems. Projected increases
in heatwave frequency and severity thus lead to the need for prediction to enhance …

Climate change and environmental degradation remain the most complex challenges that
present and future generations of humankind face and raise several security risks that have …

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Existing
studies on the association between temperatures and cardiovascular deaths have been …

Climate change may be the greatest health threat of the twenty-first century, impacting lives
both directly and indirectly, through undermining the environmental and social determinants …

Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme
weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature …

Key Points Health Implications of Climate Change and Extreme Heat Heat waves are
increasing in frequency, duration, and intensity and are already a substantial threat to …