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Anja Leetz Health&Climate Expert
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#PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #ClimateHealth #GlobalHealth #ClimateCrisis #Heat #Health @INTPA @EuropeanCommission
For my UK friends, sign and share widely!
More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will increase capacity by more than 60%. This means more noise, more air pollution and more emissions, when we should be doing *everything we can* to reduce emissions. Sign the petition:
Petition: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK
More than 20 airports across the UK have expansion plans, which will result in a combined increase of 60%+ capacity. More flights means more emissions, at a time when we should be doing everything we…
petition.parliament.uk
September 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Global water gaps under future warming levels

“water gaps”, or unsustainable water use – the shortfall where water demand exceeds supply

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global water gaps under future warming levels - Nature Communications
Water scarcity is a growing challenge in a warming world. This study examines how climate change may exacerbate water scarcity, showing the importance of robust water management strategies to address ...
www.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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New research shows more than 1.5 million people die each year from air pollution caused by wildfires: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This supports my thesis that fossil fuels & climate change are the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. @lshtm.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social
Global, regional, and national mortality burden attributable to air pollution from landscape fires: a health impact assessment study
LFS air pollution induced a substantial global mortality burden, with notable geographical and socioeconomic disparities. Urgent actions are required to address such substantial health impact and the ...
www.thelancet.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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They will go after Wikipedia.

They will go after libraries.

They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports.

They will go after archives.

Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy.

Thinking is the enemy.
January 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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My response to 99% of the news I’ve seen since Monday:
January 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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"They’re modeling solidarity. And if we’re going to have a shot at surviving the climate chaos that the 1% has created, we’re gonna need a whole lot more of it." - @franifio.bsky.social for @zeteo.com
The Heroes of the California Wildfires Are MAGA’s Worst Nightmare
Thank you migrants, Mexicans, and also prisoners for saving American lives.
zeteo.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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The official temperature numbers from NOAA/NCEI will come in soon, but here's a look at how we got through 2024, using one of our gridded datasets.

Here's daily average temperature anomalies for the contiguous US, aggregated throughout the 2024 year.

#StateOfClimate
January 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And he is not even in office yet!
January 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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„Educational videos clarifying policy mechanisms increase support for climate policies; those merely highlighting climate change’s impacts do not.“

socialeconomicslab.org/research/pub...
Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies - Social Economics Lab
Using new surveys on more than 40,000 respondents in twenty countries that account for 72% of global CO2 emissions, we study the understanding of and attitudes toward climate change
socialeconomicslab.org
January 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Just in case you missed the nexus report: www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-... #Biodiversity, #Water, #Food, #Health and #Climate Change need to be tackled together, while current
approaches estimated cost is to be at least US$10-25 trillion per year.
Media Release: IPBES Nexus Assessment
Summary for Policymakers, photos, ‘B-roll’ & media resources
www.ipbes.net
January 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Happy new year to friends and colleagues!
January 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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International #EpidemicPreparednessDay

There is no epidemic preparedness until we make sure Global South countries have access to lifesaving vaccines & medicines

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science should save all, not just some
Discussions around global equity and justice in science typically emphasize the lack of diversity in the editorial boards of scientific journals, inequities in authorship, “parachute research,” domina...
www.science.org
December 27, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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"Access to essential medicines remains a global challenge. Medicines consistently display high prices, low affordability, and poor availability"

Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Millions have been watching 'La Palma' on Netflix, featuring a tsunami washing over the Canary Islands. 🌊
A scenario with much science behind it, given the risk of collapse of a flank of the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Ocean model simulation of Abadie et al: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
December 26, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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The global tobacco industry is worth around £730 billion /year.

Their product has caused >200 MILLION DEATHS in the last 30 years.

Harm reduction? Why would they reduce harm? Harm is their business model.
December 10, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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#UHCDay: Why don’t #health advocates unite under this ☔️, whereby everyone everywhere accesses health services without financial hardship? One reason: an overly complex & technical #UHC narrative that doesn’t mobilize & resonate well politically: www.bmj.com/content/387/... @bmj.com
Simplifying the universal health coverage narrative can help to achieve political action
The narrative on universal health coverage should be centred around four core elements: universality, equity, adequate financing, and preparedness in public health emergencies, write Katri Bertram and...
www.bmj.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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Germany’s public health agency (RKI) calls for check and (where needed) update of #polio #vaccination status: www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/p... via @spiegel.de
Polio im Abwasser: Eltern sollen Impfstatus ihrer Kinder überprüfen
In Abwasserproben mehrerer Städte fand das RKI Erreger der Kinderlähmung. Nun appelliert die Ständige Impfkommission an Eltern, die Viren nicht zu unterschätzen – und Kinder gegebenenfalls impfen zu l...
www.spiegel.de
December 12, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Excited to be at the #UHCPartnership conference after a 5 year pause, due to Covid. Country to country sharing and learning. The collective power of wisdom in one room to strengthen #health systems extranet.who.int/uhcpartnersh...
December 11, 2024 at 9:12 AM