By 2050, scientists expect higher temperatures to make people less active. This could harm human health and the economy.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new European commission aimed at providing health sector solutions to what it called one of the defining health challenges of our time: climate ...

Climate change kills. Since 2000, nearly four million people worldwide have lost their lives due to floods, wildfires, heat waves, droughts, and other extreme weather events that ...

Physical inactivity is already a major global health problem, with about one in three adults failing to meet WHO guidelines for weekly exercise, the researchers said ...

Rising temperatures due to climate change could drive millions more adults globally into physical inactivity by 2050, being linked to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and billions of dollars ...

Climate change is already driving a global health emergency, with over 540 000 people dying from extreme heat each year and 1 in 12 hospitals worldwide at risk of climate-related shutdowns, warns a ...

The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to ...

New state report warns climate change could cost Minnesota over $20B a year by 2040 and nearly $50B by 2100, far outweighing ...

A WHO report shows that regional governments across Europe are increasingly integrating public health into climate action as rising temperatures, extreme weather and environmental changes threaten ...

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.” But repeated scientific studies ...

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on the intersections of climate, health, and equity. The May 2026 issue will feature approximately 20 peer-reviewed articles, including new empirical research, ...

Greenhouse gases from vehicles, power plants and other sources accumulate in the atmosphere, trapping heatand holding it close to Earth’s surface like a blanket. Too much of it causes global ...