van Daalen, Kim R;
Romanello, Marina;
Rocklöv, Joacim;
Semenza, Jan C;
Tonne, Cathryn;
Markandya, Anil;
Dasandi, Niheer;
... Lowe, Rachel; + view all
(2022)
The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future.
The Lancet Public health
, 7
(11)
e942-e965.
10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00197-9.
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Abstract
In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of almost 9 years since 1980. European countries have some of the best health-care systems in the world. However, Europe is challenged with unprecedented and overlapping crises that are detrimental to human health and livelihoods and threaten adaptive capacity, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fastest-growing migrant crisis since World War 2, population displacement, environmental degradation, and deepening inequalities. Compared with pre-industrial times, the mean average European surface air temperature increase has been almost 1°C higher than the average global temperature increase, and 2022 was the hottest European summer on record. As the world's third largest economy and a major contributor to global cumulative greenhouse gas emissions, Europe is a key stakeholder in the world's response to climate change and has a global responsibility and opportunity to lead the transition to becoming a low-carbon economy and a healthier, more resilient society. The Lancet Countdown in Europe is a collaboration of 44 leading researchers, established to monitor the links between health and climate change in Europe and to support a robust, evidence-informed response to protect human health. Mirroring the Global Lancet Countdown, this report monitors the health effects of climate change and the health co-benefits of climate action in Europe. Indicators will be updated on an annual basis and new indicators will be incorporated to provide a broad overview to help guide policies to create a more climate-resilient future.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00197-9 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00197-9 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier Ltd. under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158596 |
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