As the health threats posed by climate change reach record-breaking levels, an international team of scientists has urged governments to redirect the trillions of dollars spent on fossil fuels towards protecting people’s lives and livelihoods. Their message is relevant to SA, which still relies heavily on coal-burning power plants.
Last year was the hottest year on record, and people were exposed to on average 50 more days of health-threatening temperatures than would have been expected without climate change, according to the eighth annual report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, published on Wednesday...
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