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Flames reach upwards along the edge of a wildfire as seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada June 12, 2023.

Connecting the Dots Between Climate and Air Quality

by Angel Hsu

Connecting the dots between climate and air quality

Environment
View of a COP27 sign on the road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh as the city prepares to host the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 20, 2022.

Protecting Mental Health in the Era of a Warming Planet

by Renzo R. Guinto, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta

It's often forgotten that mental health is influenced by climate change

A Russian soldier in a camouflage uniform bearing the Russian flag and a cloth face covering stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant whose towers stand surrounded by a fog and a barbed wire against a blue sky.
Governance

Russian Roulette at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

by Lillian Posner

How Russia's militarization of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant threatens human health

A female delegate wearing a long sleeved black dress a blue surgical mask looks at a 30-foot sculpture made out of plastic bottles resembling a faucet, outside the UN Environment Programme Headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya
Environment

The Emerging Health Crisis of Microplastic Debris

by Dick Vethaak, Concepción Martínez-Gómez

Microplastics are everywhere, including our bodies

A brown bird with a pale chest stands in a foam patch of polluted water in Santa Monica, California, on March 23, 2021.
Environment

Plastics Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by Matthew Savoca

Living in a world swimming in synthetic chemicals

A close up image of a field of winter wheat growing outside Bashtanka, in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, on June 9, 2022
Food

Seeds: An Unlikely Casualty of the War in Ukraine

How history—and future crops—were lost when Russia attacked a scientific warehouse for valuable plants and seeds

A farmer burns a sugar cane field at night as local growers try to avoid arrest by authorities who banned on the practice to curb smog in Suphan Buri province, Thailand, on January 20, 2020.
Environment

The Tangled Problem of Sugarcane Burning in Thailand

by Danny Marks

Agricultural burning is causing dangerously high air pollution levels, but stopping it is complicated

smog in russia
Environment

Smoggy Cities

by Haydn Welch

Ghostly images of some of the world's most polluted metropolises

People carry a sign as they attend a protest during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 6, 2021.
Environment

Nature's Unprecedented Role at the Glasgow UN Climate Summit

by Shyla Raghav

Multi-stakeholder collaboration on natural climate solutions can transform climate action

Along the banks of the Buriganga River, a Muslim boatman performs evening prayer in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 1, 2021.
Urbanization

Cities: Creating Transformative Spaces that Address Climate and Health

by Brenda B. Lin, Harini Nagendra, Susan Parnell

Nature-based and social solutions benefit cities in low- and middle-income countries

Why health of cities needs a NATO framework, not WHO
Urbanization

NATO for Health

by David Cutler, Edward Glaeser

Why the health of the world's cities needs a model more like NATO than the WHO

Ocean Rebellion activists protest against destructive industrial fishing during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, on November 4, 2021.
Environment

Scenes From COP26

by Mary Brophy Marcus

The world's major leaders, inspiring activists, even giant puppets—snapshots from the Glasgow climate meeting

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Environment

Climate Change, Global Health, and U.S. Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

Climate change adaptation is now an imperative for U.S. foreign policy on global health

A sign sits outside of a cooling shelter during a heat wave in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 11, 2021.
Environment

The Policy Challenge of Extreme Heat and Climate Change

by Alice C. Hill, Madeline Babin

Health threats in a hotter world require policy action at every level of political and social life