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WHO’s Trillion-Dollar Climate-Health Case Rests on Taxing Fossil Fuels

Scaling up six climate and health measures worldwide could prevent 1.6 million deaths a year and generate $3.9 trillion in economic benefits annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, days before the COP31 climate talks open in Antalya, Türkiye. Five of the six measures, from improved heat-health warning systems to cleaner household fuels, […]

WHO’s Trillion-Dollar Climate-Health Case Rests on Taxing Fossil Fuels

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