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External Publication by Melissa Lott • December 03, 2020
2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
Policy Brief for the United States of America
Resumen de Recomendaciones Political para los Estados Unidos de America
Climate change is a public health issue. The 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change published in The Lancet medical journal brings together experts from across the globe to track how climate change is affecting our health, including Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy Dr. Melissa C. Lott who examines the impacts of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. The report finds that no is country immune from the health harms of climate change – as COVID-19 pandemic offers glimpse of future disruption to lives and livelihoods:
Why U.S. economic models must account for climate change and the clean energy transition to improve policymaking, forecasting, and public investment decisions.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was built, sold, and attacked as the largest climate investment in U.S. history. […]
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External Publication by Melissa Lott • December 03, 2020