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06/27/2025 - With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives. In response, WHO/Europe launched a new initiative – the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health (PECCH) – to tackle the growing threat climate change poses to public health. Chaired by former Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the commission brings together 11 leading experts from across the region tasked with delivering recommendations for actionable solutions. -
06/27/2025 - Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry. The World Health Organization (WHO) published its 2025 report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic on Monday, focusing on the six policies outlined in the WHO MPOWER tobacco control measures. Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of those policy prescriptions which has resulted in over 6.1 billion people – that’s three-quarters of the world’s population – now benefitting: however, major gaps still remain.
