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As lungs pay cost of dirty fuels, U.N. urges action on climate health risks

As lungs pay cost of dirty fuels, U.N. urges action on climate health risks

Human health is paying the price of the world's failure to curb global warming, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, urging governments at U.N. climate talks to cut climate-changing emissions faster and provide funds to address growing threats.

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Global warming will increase heat-related death and disease

Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.

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