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The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action

Marina Romanello, Maria Walawender, Shih-Che Hsu and 97 more

The Lancet · 2024 · Review

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01822-1

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