The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency due to its impact on vector-borne diseases, extreme weather events, food insecurity, and air pollution.

“The current state of the planet, where we are breaching multiple planetary boundaries, and which manifests itself as public health threats impacting millions of people across the world, provides ample scientific evidence that climate change should be declared a public health emergency of international concern,” says PIK director Johan Rockström on the new #PECCH report. 👇 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/16/who-should-declare-climate-crisis-global-public-health-emergency-experts-say

“The international spread of vector-borne #disease, such as dengue and chikungunya, as well as the health impacts of extreme #weather events, global heating, #food insecurity and air #pollution make a ‘Public health emergency of international concern’ necessary.” #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/16/who-should-declare-climate-crisis-global-public-health-emergency-experts-say

Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/16/who-should-declare-climate-crisis-global-public-health-emergency-experts-say #WHO #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #FossilFuelsPhaseOut #pollution #ExtremeWeather