With Bonn COP23 set to start next week, the media is awash with claims that climate change is an international public health crisis. For example, in just one day from Google news:
Climate change isn’t just hurting the planet – it’s a public health emergency–The Guardian
Climate change’s impact on human health is already here — and is ‘potentially irreversible,’ report says –USA TODAY
Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health–New York Times
From heat stress to malnutrition, climate change is already making us sick–The Verge
As Richard Lindzen predicted, everyone wants on the climate bandwagon, because that is where the money is. Medical scientists are pushing for their share of the pie, as evidenced by the Met office gathering on Assessing the Global Impacts of Climate and Extreme Weather on Health and Well-Being (following Paris COP). Not coincidentally, the 2nd Global Conference on Health and Climate was held July 7-8, 2016 in…
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