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As the world is struggling to recover from a global pandemic, the concurrent threat to human health from climate change must be given greater political attention. The challenges that climate change pose to societies have typically been addressed by ministries of energy and environment and by environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs), who do not have sufficient knowledge to assess and tackle health aspects of climate change.

Review Nina Worel, Mahmoud Aljurf, Chloe Anthias, Andreas S Buser, Meghann Cody, Mirjam Fechter, Sebastian Galeano, Hildegard T Greinix, Annika M Kisch, Mickey B C Koh, Thilo Mengling, Grazia Nicoloso, Dietger Niederwieser, Michael A Pulsipher, Adriana Seber, Bronwen E Shaw, Heather E Stefanski, Galen E Switzer, Jeff Szer, Suzanna M van Walraven, Hung Yang, Jörg P Halter The Lancet Haematology, Vol. 9, No. 8

Robin Fears Volker ter Meulen Joachim von Braun Today, the number of hungry, undernourished people across the planet is increasing, with micronutrient deficiencies impairing the overall health of more than 2 billion people worldwide. Early child mortality and morbidity are unacceptably high, and problems related to unsafe food, food waste, and poorly managed agricultural systems continue, as do problems associated with overconsumption.