International health experts convened by the WHO urged the organization to declare the climate crisis a global public health emergency, arguing it would trigger coordinated international response to prevent millions of preventable deaths from heat, floods, infectious diseases, and air pollution. The independent pan-European commission also called on governments to end fossil fuel subsidies, which are responsible for 600,000 premature deaths annually in Europe alone.
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International health experts convened by the WHO urged the organization to declare the climate crisis a global public health emergency, arguing it would trigger coordinated international response to prevent millions of preventable deaths from heat, floods, infectious diseases, and air pollution. The independent pan-European commission also called on governments to end fossil fuel subsidies, which are responsible for 600,000 premature deaths annually in Europe alone.