Urgent action required to prevent impact of climate change on health: WHO expert

COPENHAGEN, July 6: The "triple threat" of climate change, pollution, and loss of biodiversity to health must urgently be addressed, said World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Dr. Hans Kluge on Wednesday.

At the 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest, Hungary, Kluge emphasized that an estimated 1.4 million deaths annually in the European region are attributable to environmental risk factors, and nearly half of these are caused by air pollution.