The hidden cost of inertia: Climate change is already reshaping global energy and public health, new reports show
The Lancet Countdown 2025 report shows that millions of lives are already affected by fossil-fuel dependence, with heat-related illness, food insecurity, and air pollution driving global mortality.
Source: Lancet Countdown 2025 Global Report
At the same time, new modeling shows how climate variability will reshape energy systems. Hydropower output in Southern Europe could fall by 10 to 40 percent, while cooling demand might more than double by mid-century.
Source: Climate 2 Energy: Climate–Energy Interaction Study (arXiv)
Together, these findings show that energy and health are inseparable — every delay in reducing emissions has measurable human costs. If climate policy talked less about “targets” and more about lives saved, would it finally get the urgency it needs? Hope you get my point here
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