By Michael Lawson, MSF Canada’s humanitarian affairs officer, and Léo Tremblay, a meteorologist with MSF’s Meteorological and Climate Assistance initiative South Sudan is no stranger to crises. More than eight million people in the country are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of displacement, food insecurity and exposure to violence, […]
Category: Climate Crisis
COP 27: The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to urgent medical and humanitarian crises in more than 70 countries. Our teams are providing medical care to those who are experiencing the health impacts of the climate emergency, many of whom are the least responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. MSF is […]
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MSF highlights global health inequities due to climate change in 2022 Lancet Countdown Report
TOWARD MORE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE HUMANITARIAN ACTION As a medical humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) witnesses firsthand the impacts of climate change, and how they threaten people’s health. In our emergency interventions, we are responding to the direct and indirect impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. This includes deaths and […]
The climate emergency: MSF commits to reduce carbon emissions to help safeguard the health of the most vulnerable
The climate emergency is a threat to the future of our planet and the health and well-being of people around the world.
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The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has long responded to some of the world’s worst medical and humanitarian crises. Many of the areas in which we work are in the most climate-vulnerable settings in the world, and our teams provide care for people experiencing the health impacts of the climate emergency first-hand. It is very […]
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MSF warns of health and humanitarian impacts of climate change in new 2021 Lancet Countdown Report
In a new humanitarian brief for the 2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, MSF medical humanitarians from around the world and across disciplines share their experiences with how climate change has likely exacerbated health and humanitarian crises.
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Climate Crisis: Impact on Human Health
MSF is paying close attention to the impact that climate change will have on our emergency humanitarian medical activities.
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Climate Emergency: No choice but to act
MSF pledges to reduce the carbon emissions of its medical humanitarian projects by at least 50 percent by 2030 to safeguard the future health of patients and communities.
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Lancet Countdown: No one is immune to the climate emergency
MSF policy briefing for Lancet Countdown.
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Cascading global crises: A call for a radically inclusive, equitable and innovative response
A review on COVID-19, climate crisis and systemic inequality.
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