Climate Change

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Health Workers Navigate Climate Change in the Bolivian Amazon

Bolivia is the country most vulnerable to climate change in South America and the tenth most vulnerable in the world

Regenerative Infrastructure, One Health, and City Diplomacy

Earth's thermodynamics can inform the application of integrative health approaches for building resilient infrastructure

Urbanization

Making City Diplomacy Work for Global Health

Collaborative governance among cities is expanding and should be central to global health diplomacy 

Governance

President Trump Begins Changing U.S. Global Health Policy

Initial executive orders include directives that transform U.S. foreign policy on global health

Environment

The Lasting Damage of Wildfires

The health impacts of wildfires are observed years after the initial blazes

Environment

California's Wildfires Demand Action

The January 2025 Los Angeles fires reveal the damaging health consequences of climate-charged hazards

Environment

Regaining Momentum on Climate and Health

This year could mark a turning point for efforts to the devastating impacts of climate change on global health

Environment

Mental Health After India's Glacial Floods

One year after India's climate disaster, fear and anxiety persist in Himalayan communities

Governance

Russia's Strategic Approach to Climate Change

Moscow accepts that climate change is real but uses climate diplomacy to advance national security and geopolitical ends

Environment

Climate Change Fuels Lightning Strikes in Kashmir

Lightning strikes were responsible for approximately 7% of fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir from 2020 to 2022

Environment

Out Cold: The Most Common Wintertime Injuries in a Warming World

Shifting weather and rising heating costs create wintertime threats, namely among the elderly and other at-risk groups

Environment

COP29: The Health Expenses of Climate Change

Does a failure to focus on health economic losses stand opposed to stronger action at the UN summit and beyond?

Urbanization

Polluted Rivers Create a Public Health Crisis in Nepal

Unchecked urbanization has led to a surge of waterborne diseases among Nepal's poorest communities

Environment

U.S. Voters Disenfranchised by Climate Change

Electoral planning needs to envision increasingly severe extremes that disrupt the casting and counting of ballots