Climate change is increasingly being described as a health crisis — and now Wits researchers and international partners want the World Health Organization to formally declare it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

The Daily Discourse · Oct 5, 2026 · 13m

Climate change is increasingly being described as a health crisis — and now Wits researchers and international partners want the World Health Organization to formally declare it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. They argue that the health impacts of climate change demand a coordinated global response, particularly to protect the world’s most vulnerable people.

Guest: Lebohang Radebe, Director South Africa, Wits Planetary Health Research