Climate Change

The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings

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Geneva (MSF/ICRC) – Climate change is not a distant threat. It is already dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe. In particular, the changing climate is having devastating consequences for people living in conflict situations and those who don’t have access to basic health care. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the International Committee of … Read more

MSF commits to reduce carbon emissions to help safeguard the most vulnerable

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The climate emergency is a threat to the future of our planet and the health and well-being of people around the world. The communities we assist are already experiencing the consequences of climate change, and we know that health and humanitarian crises will increase in scale and severity as the climate crisis accelerates. Urgent action … Read more

MSF warns of health and humanitarian impacts of climate change in new 2021 Lancet Countdown Report

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is paying close attention to the impact climate change will have on patients and our emergency humanitarian medical activities. We are already responding to many of the world’s most drastic crises – conflicts, disasters, disease, displacement – and are witnessing the consequences and magnified impacts that climate change and … Read more