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In a warming planet, deforestation turns the heat deadly, Borneo study findsNew research identifies how rising localised temperatures driven by deforestation and global warming are increasing heat-related deaths and creating unsafe working conditions in Indonesia. -
Stronger climate action urged at COP26 to avoid 'unimaginable' health risksFrom extreme heat to hunger, climate change is bringing growing health threats — but bringing together emissions cuts and adaptation efforts could help.
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Biosurveillance of markets and legal wildlife trade needed to limit pandemic risk: expertsPolicy & Finance
Biosurveillance of markets and legal wildlife trade needed to limit pandemic risk: experts
Almost 90 per cent of the 180 recognised RNA viruses that can harm humans are zoonotic in origin. But disease biosurveillance of the world’s wildlife markets and legal trade is largely absent, putting humanity at significant risk. -
Global South climate activists doubt COP26 participation over vaccine delayDeveloping-nation delegates to the key UN climate conference in Scotland have been promised access to a Covid-19 vaccine, but with only two months to go, time is running short
Diseases Opinion
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Help India now– The international community must join forces and develop a collective approach to help India address its Covid-19 crisis, not only for moral reasons, but also because the health of other countries’ populations and economies are at stake. -
Meat is mayhem– We must use the knowledge we already have to transform our agricultural and food systems, or face the prospect of a prolonged epoch of contagion, fear, and economic stagnation. -
Asean's road to a green economic recovery– Faced with a grim economic outlook, how can Asean member states include the clean energy transition in their Covid-19 recovery plan?
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