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The 2-page policy briefing by the Lancet Countdown Europe (LCDE), in collaboration with ASPHER, CPME and HEAL, summarizes the key priority areas for Europe to focus on to prevent and reduce climate-related health impacts. The recommendations are based on the2024 Europe report by the Lancet Countdown The 2024 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action (europa.eu) and encourages urgent, decisive, evidence-based action to ensure a healthy, sustainable future for all within and beyond Europe.

The policy priorities include:

  1. prevention of heat-related health impacts
  2. prioritisation of reducing climate-relate health inequalities
  3. urgent, coordinated action on climate and health across sectors

Reference information

Websites:
https://www.env-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Policy-Priorities-for-Europe-Final.pdf
Source:

van Daalen, et al., 2024, The 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action, The Lancet Public Health.https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00055-0 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00055-0

Contributor:
Lancet Countdown in Europe
Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region

Published in Climate-ADAPT: May 23, 2024

Date of publication:

2024

Keywords:
European policy, climate health crisis, health inequality
Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies, Just Resilience

Sectors:

Health

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Health impact:

-NONSPECIFIC-

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