1 week Ago By The Straits Times
Christopher Lockyear Climate change exposes vulnerable people to greater risk of ill health directly. As leaders gather for the 29th climate conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan this week, they must face the reality that the climate crisis is a health crisis for millions of the most vulnerable people on our ever-warming planet – and that responding effectively means locating health at the centre of discussions, policy and funding decisions. Recently, I joined participants at the annual Humanitarian Futures Forum hosted by Singapore’s S.
Rajaratnam School of International Studies which grappled with trends impacting the future of humanitarian practice. These included the climate change crisis, the erosion of norms protecting civilians and medical care in war, geopolitical re-balancing and the impacts of technology. Already a subscriber? Log in Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month $9.
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