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A World Food Program worker arranges relief packages designated to the United Nations for humanitarian aid for Africa to combat the outbreak of COVID-19.

Safety Concerns Plague Humanitarian Aid Work

by Sabeeha Quereshi

Threats that environmental and health conditions pose to humanitarian aid workers are frequently overlooked

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an activist holds up fake currency bills

COP29: The Health Expenses of Climate Change

by Anita Makri

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

Students walk past the debris, mostly plastic waste dumped into the river by the people, as the flood water recedes from the bank of Bagmati river following the deadly flood due to heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal, October 2, 2024.
Urbanization

Polluted Rivers Create a Public Health Crisis in Nepal

by Tanka Dhakal

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

A group of U.S. Forest Service firefighters monitor a back fire while battling to save homes at the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, on November 8, 2018.
Migration

"On the Move": How Climate Migration Will Remake America

by Allison Krugman

In a must-read, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten uses the 2018 Camp Fire to show how extreme weather disrupts modern life

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Environment

How Medical Education Is Adapting to Climate Change

by Mira Cheng

Educational initiatives are sprouting to help doctors and nurses confront the health threats created by climate change

Visual projections of eagles are displayed at the Al Wasl dome at the Dubai's Expo City during the United Nations COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 12, 2023.
Environment

At COP28, the Climate-Health Nexus Turned a Corner, for Better and Worse

by David P. Fidler

Health got more attention, a change that magnifies the unprecedented dangers an unprepared world faces

Rohingya refugees swim in a river running through a camp in Cox's Bazar
Environment

Climate Change’s Hidden Mental Toll On Children

by Burcin Ikiz

New evidence reveals that the climate crisis affects neurological and mental well-being more than previously understood

Dozens of seagulls swoop down to grab food from people in a small boat on the Yamuna River, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, on November 18, 2021.
Environment

India's Pollution Problem

India's former secretary for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare talks smog and health

View of a COP27 sign on the road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh as the city prepares to host the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 20, 2022.
Environment

Protecting Mental Health in the Era of a Warming Planet

by Renzo R. Guinto, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta

It's often forgotten that mental health is influenced by climate change

Giant fish made with plastic bottles are exhibited at Botafogo beach, in Rio de Janeiro June 19, 2012.
Environment

Bringing New Life to Plastics

by Caroline Kantis

A look at how plastics are being reduced, reused, and recycled

A female delegate wearing a long sleeved black dress a blue surgical mask looks at a 30-foot sculpture made out of plastic bottles resembling a faucet, outside the UN Environment Programme Headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya
Environment

The Emerging Health Crisis of Microplastic Debris

by Dick Vethaak, Concepción Martínez-Gómez

Microplastics are everywhere, including our bodies

A brown bird with a pale chest stands in a foam patch of polluted water in Santa Monica, California, on March 23, 2021.
Environment

Plastics Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by Matthew Savoca

Living in a world swimming in synthetic chemicals