Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday (Nov 15), adding that without action on climate change the"health of humanity is at grave risk". Lethal heat was just one of the many ways the world's still-increasing use of fossil fuels threatens human health, according to The Lancet Countdown, a major annual assessment carried out by leading researchers and institutions.
More common droughts will put millions at risk of starving, mosquitoes spreading farther than ever before will take infectious diseases with them, and health systems will struggle to cope with the burden, the researchers warne
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