Video feature: Tackling Climate Change - The good news
The message about climate change, and what we’d need to do to tackle it, is usually one of doom and gloom, sacrifice and cost. However, a major international study recently published in the ‘Lancet’ concluded that the true picture may be far more positive in terms of the effects on our health and therefore the economic impact.
The good news is this: many measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have health 'co-benefits', some of which are quite surprising. This is above and beyond the benefits to come from reducing climate change itself.
Watch our video to find out more.
Running time: 8 min 35 s
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