Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent in Europe and this is becoming a public health challenge - WHO Director for Europe
Kyiv • UNN
The WHO calls on governments to continue to fight the climate threat, which is also a serious public health challenge. According to the WHO, last year alone, heat caused 62,000 deaths in Europe.
In just one year, the WHO recorded 62 thousand deaths due to heat in the European region in just one year, so concerted action by countries to combat climate change is needed. This is stated in the statement by Dr. Hans Henry P. Kluge, Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Kluge at the COP28 in Dubai, UNN writes.
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The statement reads, that climate change is also a health crisis. It is noted that in the European region alone, the number of extreme weather events has increased 5 times in recent decades. It is also indicated that 62 thousand deaths last last year were associated with heat waves in 35 countries in the European region.
In this regard WHO calls on governments to develop an action plan and make certain political commitments. An example is the Budapest Declaration, which contains a program of action to address health issues related to climate change climate change, environmental pollution and biodiversity loss, and calls for strengthening prevention, response and resilience.
The second step is the establishment of partnerships to catalyze change and action in countries. WHO uses a similar mechanism in the work of the new transatlantic initiative for high-level dialogue on climate and health policy in partnership between health in partnership between the European and American regions.
He also calls on countries to continue to fight the climate threat.
It is necessary to reduce emissions in all areas: healthcare, energy, water health, energy, water, food, urban development, housing, and transportation, housing, and transportation. Greenhouse gases and air pollution often go hand in hand often go hand in hand, so mitigation measures can also bring significant additional health benefits by reducing air pollution
