What will success at COP 28 look like for the health sector?
This was the question The Lancet Editor-in-Chief Richard Horton asked panelists at the launch last week of the Lancet Countdown report, which provides a grim picture of the health consequences of the world's failures to curb climate change.
While health is a core theme of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28, Horton warned of the “danger of healthwashing.”
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
