The Climate Question · BBC World Service

How could climate change affect my health?

·23 min·2 clips
A woman in Mozambique climbed a tree to give birth during severe floods, revealing climate change's brutal impact on maternal health.
Greer Jackson starts with a plain question: how does climate change affect health, and what can people do?

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A measured health briefing on why climate change now belongs in everyday medical judgment.

The Climate Question handles climate change as a health issue, with Greer Jackson giving Dr Jamila Mahmood and Dr Omnia El Omrani room to link planetary health to everyday clinical judgment.

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You want climate change translated into the health risks your doctor might miss.

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