A Commission on climate change.

摘要

"Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." This statement opens and sums up the final report of a year-long Commission held jointly between The Lancet and University College London (UCL) Institute for Global Health. Climate change will have its greatest impact on those who are already the poorest in the world: it will deepen inequities and the effects of global warming will shape the future of health among all peoples. Yet this message has failed to penetrate most public discussion about climate change. And health professionals have barely begun to engage with an issue that should be a major focal point for their research, preparedness planning, and advocacy (the UK's Climate and Health Council is a notable exception).