The Daily DiscourseClimate change is increasingly being described as a health crisis — and now Wits researchers and international partners want the World Health Organization to formally declare it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
Climate change is increasingly being described as a health crisis — and now Wits researchers and international partners want the World Health Organization to formally declare it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. They argue that the health impacts of climate change demand a coordinated global response, particularly to protect the world’s most vulnerable people.
Guest: Lebohang Radebe, Director South Africa, Wits Planetary Health Research
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