The journey to Net Zero, described as ‘the defining issue of our time,’ will get harder in the coming decade. Failure to keep up the pressure will result in more long-term health conditions, increasing deaths and higher costs. The UK NHS is a Net Zero exemplar globally, but without a systemic approach, its compliance efforts could stutter.
Poor environmental health caused by temperatures boosted by carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions contributes to rising incidence cardiac problems, asthma and cancer.
Staying within the Paris Climate Agreement’s (PCA) maximum temperature rise would result in 6,000, 38,000 and 100,000 UK lives saved...