A persistent fossil fuel addiction is amplifying the health impacts of climate change, and compounding the concurrent energy, cost-of-living, food, and Covid-19 crises we face. Governments and companies continue to prioritize fossil fuels above, and to the detriment, of peoples' health, jeopardizing a liveable future. The world faces a critical juncture. A health-centred, aligned response to the compounding crises can still deliver a future where people can not only survive, but thrive.
Human exposure to days of very high or extremely high fire danger increased in 61% of countries from 2001–2004 to 2018–2021; The climatic suitability for the transmission of dengue increased by 11.5% for Aedes aegypti and 12.0% for Aedes albopictus from 1951–60 to 2012–21; and