Climate change

How climate change is making UK heatwaves more frequent, intense and long-lasting

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Dried grass in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens during July 2018

Adverse weather matters for our health. There is a strong evidence base showing us that periods of very hot or cold weather or flooding present a wide range of direct and indirect health risks.

Climate change and public health: a challenge and an opportunity

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“Climate change is the biggest challenge that our civilisation has ever had to face up to.” This was the opening statement from Sir David King when he delivered our inaugural Distinguished Lecture on climate change and planetary health at the …