The climate crisis and human health: identifying grand challenges through participatory research
- Johanna Sanchez
- Evelyn Gitau
- RSReda Sadki
- Charlotte Mbuh
- Karlee Silver
- Peter Berry
- Zulfiqar Bhutta
- Kimber Bogard
- Gwen Collman
- Sagnik Dey
- Tufa Dinku
- Ni Made Utami Dwipayanti
- Kristie Ebi
- Monica Felts La Roca Soares
- Masilin Gudoshava
- Masahiro Hashizume
- Maureen Lichtveld
- Rachel Lowe
- Bilal Mateen
- Martin Muchangi
- Ousmane Ndiaye
- Paulino Omay
- Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos
- Daniel Ruiz-Carrascal
- Joy Shumake-Guillemot
- Anna Stewart-Ibarra
- Suresh Tiwari
- RSReda Sadki
The Lancet Global Health · 2025 · Elsevier BV
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Abstract
The climate crisis has been called the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century.1,2 In the past 5 years, record-breaking temperatures, extreme precipitation, and other severe weather events have occurred at an alarming rate. These conditions have not only created new health threats, such as chronic kidney disease of unknown origin and expansion of the geographical range of mosquito-borne infectious diseases, but have exacerbated existing health challenges, including infectious diseases, mental health conditions, and malnutrition.