The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health

New England Journal of Medicine
January 17, 2019  Vol. 380 No. 3
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

Review Article
The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health
Andy Haines, M.D., and Kristie Ebi, M.P.H., Ph.D.
The WHO predicts that 250,000 deaths yearly from 2030 to 2050 will be attributable to climate change. Reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions would be expected to have substantial health benefits — for example, reduced air pollution could lead to a lower risk of noncommunicable disease.