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Human health at 'grave risk' from climate inaction, major report warns

A van passes a sign warning of extreme heat danger in Death Valley National Park, in the US, said to be the hottest place on earth, on 15 July, 2023. Getty Images via AFP - DAVID MCNEW

More people are getting sick and dying from extreme heat, drought and other climate impacts, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday.

The Lancet Countdown, a yearly assessment carried out by leading researchers and institutions, said climate change had put the health of humanity “at grave risk" – adding that almost five times more people would likely die because of lethal heat in the coming decades.

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