Since 2017, researchers from around the world have been analysing the relationship between climate and health for the "Lancet Countdown Report". This year, their conclusions are particularly stark.

There are many pages of statistics, tables and charts in the recently published "Lancet Countdown Europe Report". But in the end, these sentences stand out above all: "Climate change is not a distant, theoretical future scenario. It is here. And it is killing people."

This is the second "Lancet Countdown" to focus on the health impacts of climate change specifically for people in Europe. It was written by around 70 researchers from many countries and various disciplines, with the University of Heidelberg playing a key role.

By Dominik Bartoschek, SWR

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