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Andy Haines: Climate change must be reframed as a health issue

January 12, 2018

The Paris Climate Change agreement, reached in December 2015, was a political triumph and has now been ratified by 171 parties to the treaty out of a total of 197. The […]

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Jay Lemery et al: We need climate doctors

November 29, 2017

There is a looming healthcare crisis, and we are woefully short of doctors…  Sound familiar? Except in this case, we are talking about the “biggest global health threat of the […]

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Chris Simms: Deregulation amid fires and hurricanes

September 27, 2017

Deregulation is benefiting the few while harming the many by putting profits over public health and safety, says Chris Simms […]

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Banalata Sen and Manu Gupta: Responding to India’s climate paradox of drought or deluge

September 15, 2017

Nearly all Indian towns and cities exist in a paradox: they are water scarce in dry seasons, yet prone to severe flooding during monsoons. Earlier this summer, the entire area of […]

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Jeni Miller: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are not so natural disasters

September 15, 2017

Human decisions are ramping up the intensity and frequency of such storms and making their consequences worse […]

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Disavowal: the great excuser that may destroy us

September 4, 2017

By Richard Smith and David Pencheon In 2007 Fiona Godlee, editor of The BMJ and somebody who has been  concerned about the environment for at least 30 years, was outed […]

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Chris Simms: Brexit and the vengeance of unintended consequences

July 21, 2017

Decades before the advent of complexity science, H L Mencken wrote that “For every complex problem there is a solution which is clear, simple, and wrong.” These solutions typically complicate […]

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Kathleen Ruff: Climate change—UN fails to address industry influence

July 21, 2017

Climate change is widely recognized as the most urgent issue facing planet Earth. The scientific community is clear: we must take strong action to stop practices that are causing global […]

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Pauline Castres: Climate change cannot wait

July 4, 2017

The UK government’s climate advisers’ call for action The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK government’s official climate adviser, recently delivered its latest assessment of the UK’s progress to […]

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Nick Watts and Pauline Castres: Will Michael Gove go from a “shy green” to a climate leader?

June 21, 2017

Temperatures in the UK have soared to 34°C this week, and the UK Met Office has issued its second highest heatwave alert. A number of European countries, including Spain, Portugal, […]

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