Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climate-linked health impacts not a priority yet, says WHO
India, Dec. 5 -- Lack of funding is one of the reasons for the low priority
Climate change is one of the main reasons 220 million people world over are exposed to heatwaves, 91 per cent are breathing foul air and over a million dengue cases have been recorded in just three months between last August to October.
Yet, most countries not giving enough priority to climate change-linked health issues, a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the sidelines of the ongoing climate summit at Madrid on December 3, 2019, has said.
The report highlights that smaller countries do not have access to global funds on climate-related health issues and points out that WHO has been working with climate financial institutions to genera...
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