WHO Chief: Climate Crisis Requires Global Action and 'Shared Response' to Health Threats

WHO Director-General: "The climate crisis is... among the most significant health challenges facing humanity today."

"We're seeing record-breaking and often lethal temperatures."

"Extreme weather further disrupts agriculture... increasing food insecurity and malnutrition."

"This leads us to the necessity for global action. Like the United Nations, of which we are part, [the] WHO was born of the recognition that the only way to address shared health threats is with a shared response."