The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future
Европейский доклад Lancet Countdown о здоровье и изменении климата за 2022 год: на пути к климатически устойчивому будущему
2022-10-25
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In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of almost 9 years since 1980. European countries have some of the best health-care systems in the world. However, Europe is challenged with unprecedented and overlapping crises that are detrimental to human health and livelihoods and threaten adaptive capacity, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fastest-growing migrant crisis since World War 2, population displacement, environmental degradation, and deepening inequalities.
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Europe has achieved major public-health gains, including drastic reductions in premature mortality and an almost nine-year increase in life expectancy since 1980.
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European countries possess some of the world’s strongest health-care systems, providing substantial health-system capacity.
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Overlapping crises—including COVID-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, migration, displacement, environmental degradation, and inequality—are threatening health, livelihoods, and adaptive capacity in Europe.
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The report frames climate resilience as increasingly urgent because Europe’s accumulated health progress is being challenged by concurrent social, environmental, and geopolitical crises.
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European populations and health-care systems under overlapping climate, health, and socioeconomic crises
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Health impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptive capacity in Europe amid climate change and overlapping crises
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