WHO’s Trillion-Dollar Climate-Health Case Rests on Taxing Fossil Fuels

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WHO’s Trillion-Dollar Climate-Health Case Rests on Taxing Fossil Fuels

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The World Health Organization says six climate and health measures could prevent 1.6 million deaths annually and generate $3.9 trillion in yearly economic benefits. The proposals include heat-health warning systems and cleaner household fuels, with the WHO highlighting the case ahead of COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Türkiye.

Scaling up six climate and health measures worldwide could prevent 1.6 million deaths a year and generate $3.9 trillion in economic benefits annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, days before the COP31 climate talks open in Antalya, Türkiye. Five of the six measures, from improved heat-health warning systems to cleaner household fuels, […]

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