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Lancet Countdown Report News

Max Boykoff (CSTPR Director), Olivia Pearman (CSTPR graduate student), Meaghan Daly (CSTPR alumna) and Lucy McAllister's (CSTPR alumna) MeCCO contribution to the 2018 Lancet Countdown Report highlighted in the following news outlets:

• 31 December 2018 New Straits Times: Climate change and human health by Zakri Abdul Hamid.
• 28 December 2018 CTV News: How some scientists are trying to get us to care about climate change by Jeremiah Rodriguez.
• 21 December 2018 World Resources Institute: This Month in Climate Science: More Winter Crime, Dying Shellfish, Drier Forests by Kelly Levin and Dennis Tirpak.
• 19 December 2018 Think Progess: Trump’s EPA is trying to undermine climate science by targeting the law by Phil Newell.
• 19 December 2018 Eureka Alert: Decarbonizing health care.
• 19 December 2018 BMJ Opinion: Brexit will increase the UK’s vulnerability to the impact of climate change.
• 15 December 2018 AGI: Gli effetti dei cambiamenti climatici sulla salute by Giovanna Borrelli.
• 13 December 2018 Zeit Online: Die Zahl der Todesfälle durch Hitze steigt.
• 11 December 2018 Star Tribune: December Oddity: Air Quality Alert Posted - No Big Storms Next 10 Days by Paul Douglas.
• 11 December 2018 Eco Watch: Major health study shows benefits of combating climate change by David Suzuki.
• 10 December 2018 Down to Earth: World goes pound foolish over climate-related health risks by Kiran Pandey.
• 10 December 2018 REMI Network: Climate change first responders speak out by Barbara Carss.
• 10 December 2018 Rossland Telegraph: Op/Ed: Climate 'State of Play' update.
• 7 December 2018 The Seattle Times: Climate change is killing our patients by Michael Soman and Mark Vossler.
• 6 December 2018 Earth Island Journal: Climate in the Courts by Zoe Loftus-Farren.
• 6 December 2018 National Geographic: 2019 may be the hottest year yet—here's why by Stephen Leahy.
• 6 December 2018 Brussels Times: Our health care systems ill-prepared for global warming effects.
• 6 December 2018 Phys.org: COP24 Climate and Health Summit To Address Greatest Threat of 21st Century.
• 5 December 2018 Eco-Business: Extremes of heat will hit health and wealth.
• 5 December 2018 Contagion Live: Lancet Countdown Report Highlights Health Consequences of Climate Change: Public Health Watch by Brian Dunleavy.
• 5 December 2018 Irish Times: Responding to climate change good for our health by Sylvia Thompson.
• 5 December 2018 News Today: Heatwaves: The invisible enemy to Indian economy.
• 4 December 2018 Redacción El HuffPost / Europa Press: La mortalidad en el mundo ha aumentado un 4% por los efectos del cambio climático.
• 4 December 2018 The Hill: Here's how climate change is going to make you sick by Dr. Junaid Nabi.
• 4 December 2018 IR Insider: New Report Details Health Effects of Climate Change by Ken Yokokawa.
• 4 December 2018 University Network: New Report Links Climate Change To Health Problems, Premature Death by Hyeyeun Jeon.
• 3 December 208 Physician's Weekly: November 2018 Briefing – Cardiology.
• 3 December 208 Physician's Weekly: November 2018 Briefing – Family Practice.
• 3 December 208 Physician's Weekly: November 2018 Briefing – Allergy.
• 3 December 208 Physician's Weekly: November 2018 Briefing – Infectious Disease.
• 3 December 2018 Ariva.de: Klimaschutz: Ein Investment in die Zukunft.
• 3 December 2018 Kaiser Family Foundation: FT Health Highlights 2 Climate Reports, Features Interview With Rotary International President On Polio Eradication.
• 1 December 2018 Med India: Climate Change Will Widen Inequality Gap in India: Report by Hannah Joy,
• 1 December 2018 The Press: More people are feeling health effects of climate change, according to study by Dan Bean.
• 1 December 2018 Hilltop Monitor: Global warming will increase heat-related death and disease.
• 1 December 2018 Click Lancashire: Recent years were warmest on record, warns UN by James Marshall
• 1 December 2018 SB Dirty South Soccer: Climate change threatens the health — United Nations study by Vicki Mclaughlin.
• 1 December 2018 SB Dirty South Soccer: Climate Change and Air Pollution Are Exposing Canadians To High Health Risks by Traci Edwards.
• 30 November 2018 AZo Cleantech: New Report Examines Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Human Health.
• 30 November 2018 Business Insider: The climate apocalypse is becoming a ‘medical emergency.’ Here are 8 ways it could affect your health by Peter Kotecki.
• 30 November 2018 MED India: Air Pollution, Climate Change Can Lead to Millions of Premature Deaths by Adeline Dorcas.
• 30 November 2018 Gulf Today: Climate change biggest global health threat of 21st century, warn doctors.
• 30 November 2018 Drugs.com: November 2018 Briefing - Cardiology.
• 30 November 2018 Affari Italiani: Clima e salute: i cambiamenti climatici sono già un'emergenza sanitaria.
• 30 November 2018 Drugs.com: November 2018 Briefing - Pathology.
• 30 November 2018 Salon: Scientists: Climate change has "dire implications for every aspect of human life" by Nicole Karlis.
• 30 November 2018 Kaiser Family Foundation: Using Health To ‘Humanize’ Climate Change Narrative Could Help Accelerate Efforts To Reduce Impacts.
• 30 November 2018 Financial Times: Climate change and the threat to health by Darren Dodd and Andrew Jack.
• 30 November 2018 Consumer Affairs: Public health is already worsening due to climate change, new report says by Amy Martyn.
• 30 November 2018 Los Angeles Times: As the world warms, deadly and disfiguring tropical diseases are inching their way toward the U.S. by Fred Cohan and Isaac Klimasmith.
• 30 November 2018 New Atlas: Grim report details threats to human health posed by climate change by Anthony Wood.
• 30 November 2018 The Hindu: Cool it: on labour loss due to heatwave.
• 29 November 2018 AgHealth: Lancet Countdown 2018 report shows concerning trends in heat and heat waves, infectious disease and declining food security by Tezira Lore.
• 29 November 2018 Focus Online: Klimawandel: Immer mehr Menschen sind extremer Hitze ausgesetzt.
• 29 November 2018 Wired: The Climate Apocalypse Is Now, and It’s Happening to You by Adam Rogers.
• 29 November 2018 Franceinfo: La santé des personnes vulnérables de plus en plus menacée par le réchauffement climatique.
• 29 November 2018 HealthDay News: Climate Change Ups Heat Deaths, Especially Among Elderly: Report.
• 29 November 2018 Ta Nea: News Story.
• 29 November 2018 Medical Press: Proportion of population vulnerable to heat exposure is rising globally.
• 29 November 2018 Publico: El calentamiento global aumentará las muertes y enfermedades relacionadas con el calor.
• 29 November 2018 Welt: Wie der Klimawandel unsere Gesundheit bedroht.
• 29 November 2018 Dagens Medicin: Klimatförändringar slår mot hälsan.
• 29 November 2018 Canada's National Observer: Medical journal calls on Canada to ramp up climate action, curb air pollution by Mia Rabson.
• 29 November 2018 News Medical: Climate change risks are on the rise globally warn researchers by Ananya Mandal.
• 29 November 2018 Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk: DLF 24.
• 29 November 2018 ZEIT Online: Klimawandel gefährdet die Gesundheit.
• 29 November 2018 Rinnovabili: Sempre più forti gli impatti dei cambiamenti climatici sulla salute.
• 29 November 2018 First Post: In 4 years, 200% more Indians exposed to heatwaves, billions of hours in labour lost by Tish Sanghera.
• 29 November 2018 Carbon Brief: The Lancet: Extreme heat threatens ‘systemic failure’ of hospitals by Daisy Dunne.
• 29 November 2018 World Economic Forum: Why climate change is the biggest global health threat of the century by Theo Hannides.
• 29 November 2018 MSN: Der Klimawandel macht krank.
• 29 November 2018 Bljesak: Globalno zagrijavanje: Rast ce broj bolesti i smrti.
• 29 November 2018 Gazeta.ru: News Story.
• 29 November 2018 Medical Press: Australia is not prepared for climate change health impacts by Niki Widdowson.
• 29 November 2018 ABC Nyheter: FN: 2018 kan bli blant de fire varmeste årene.
• 29 November 2018 Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Klimawandel: Hitzewellen bedrohen vor allem ältere Menschen.
• 29 November 2018 Yahoo: Heatwave Britain could see rise in violence, suicide and self harm, major report warns.
• 29 November 2018 Science Daily: Climate change and air pollution damaging health and causing millions of premature deaths.
• 29 November 2018 Hälsoliv: Så slår klimatförändringarna mot vår hälsa.
• 29 November 2018 Ärzte Zeitung: Gesundheit der Menschen: Klimawandel wird zur Gefahr.
• 29 November 2018 HealthDay News: Climate change increases heat-related disease, death, new report warns.
• 29 November 2018 NRK: FN: 2018 i rute til å bli tidenes fjerde varmeste by Kristian Elster.
• 29 November 2018 Fierce Healthcare: Practices Doctors add voices to fears climate change is posing health risks around the globe by Joanne Finnegan.
• 29 November 2018 American College of Physicians: In Wake of Recent Reports, Internists Call for Immediate Action to Address Climate Change by Ana María López.
• 29 November 2018 Inquisitr: Climate Change Can Affect Your Health, New Study Says by Melissa Binns.
• 29 November 2018 News Medical: New report reveals effects of climate change, air pollution on human health.
• 29 November 2018 Fortune: Extreme Heat Cost Humans 153 Billion Lost Work Hours in 2017 by Brittany Shoot.
• 29 November 2018 Tech Times: International Report Says Climate Change Causing Cascading Health Issues by Diane Samson.
• 29 November 2018 NU.NL: Arsten noemen klimaatverandering grootste gevaar voor wereldgezondheid.
• 29 November 2018 Scoop: Lancet Countdown Climate and Health Report.
• 29 November 2018 Quartz India: Besides killing people, India’s heatwaves could also ravage its economy by Maria Thomas.
• 29 November 2018 Times of India: 40 million more Indians hit by heatwaves in 5 years: Report.
• 29 November 2018 Daiji World: Heatwaves saw output of Indian workforce declining 7% in 2017: Lancet.
• 29 November 2018 Phys.org: Global Climate and Health Alliance Reaction to Lancet Countdown Climate and Health Report.
• 29 November 2018 Irish Times: Rising temperatures exposing populations to higher health risks, says report by Kevin O'Sullivan.
• 29 November 2018 Dutch Times: Thousands a year die from effects of pollution in NL: study.
• 29 November 2018 Spiegel Online: Wie die Erderwärmung unsere Gesundheit gefährdet.
• 29 November 2018 Deutsche Welle: Climate change: 2018 set to be one of hottest ever years.
• 29 November 2018 Times of India: Beijing plans 48 lakh charging points by 2022, Delhi doesn’t by Ritam Halder.
• 29 November CU Boulder Today: Health and climate report warns of future risks.
• 28 November 2018 Mother Jones: A New Report Finds That Climate Change is the World’s Worst Public Health Crisis by Rowan Walrath and Rebecca Leber.
• 28 November 2018 London Evening Standard: Heatwaves linked to climate change pose increasing global health risk, worldwide study shows by Sean Morrison.
• 28 November 2018 BT News: Heatwaves pose increasing global health risk, say scientists.
• 28 November 2018 CTV News: Greenhouse-gas emissions killing Canadians: medical journal.
• 28 November 2018 BuzzFeed News: Climate Change Is Going To Have Huge Effects On Health And Scientists Want To Change Policy To Prepare by Elfy Scott.
• 28 November 2018 Indian Express: Global warming increasing death, disease risk: Study.
• 28 November 2018 Global News: Climate change means more disease, deaths for Canadians, Lancet report finds by Leslie Young.
• 28 November 2018 Canadian Press: Lack of progress on climate change is putting Canadians' health at risk, doctors say.
• 28 November 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation: Climate change 'biggest global health threat' of century, doctors warn by Laurie Goering.
• 28 November 2018 CNN: Climate change is already here, and heat waves are having the biggest effect, report says by Nina Avramova.
• 28 November 2018 USA Today: Extreme heat from climate change a 'medical emergency,' sickening tens of millions worldwide by Doyle Rice.
• 28 November 2018 Guardian: Climate change already a health emergency, say experts by Damian Carrington.
• 28 November 2018 New York Times: Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate by Somini Sengupta and Kendra Pierre-Louis.
• 28 November 2018 Inside Climate News: World Health Leaders: Climate Change Is Putting Lives, Health Systems at Risk by Phil McKenna.

2018 News

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work referenced in 19 December 2018 Grist Magazine: Climate what? Media kept on chasing Trump, not climate change, in 2018 by Lisa Hymas.

• Steve Vanderheiden quoted in 11 December 2018 The Conversation: Radical environmentalists are fighting climate change – so why are they persecuted?

• Max Boykoff quoted in 30 November 2018 Common Dreams: CNN's Anderson Cooper Cancels Segment With Climate Report Author to Give Rick Santorum More Air Time by Michael Molitch-Hou.

• Lisa Dilling referenced in 30 November 2018 Glacier Hub post: Mount Baker from Puget Sound by Nabilah Islam.

• Matt Burgess quoted in 1 November CU Independet: Boulder Ballot Measure 2C: Oil and gas pollution tax.

• Max Boykoff highlighted and interviewed on October 2018 H2O Radio program: “Terrified… But Optimistic”: How Young People Are Responding to Grave Warnings About Climate Change.

• Matthew Burgess interviewed on 23 October 2018 KGNU's How on Earth program (starting at 4:53).

• Recent paper co-authored by Matt Burgess highlighted in 16 October 2018 World Economic Forum article: Can we balance conservation and development? Science says yes.

• Max Boykoff referenced in 10 October 2018 Medium article on the recent IPCC report: The IPCC Report is a Wake Up Call for Scholars, Advocates, and Philanthropists by Matthew Nisbet.

• Max Boykoff's recent paper "A Laughing Matter? Confronting Climate Change Through Humor" highlighted on Colorado Public Radio on Septmber 26, 2018.

• Max Boykoff's Inside the Greenhouse project highlighted in 5 September 2018 CU Boulder Today article: Pushing Boundaries: Grad students think like barn swallows to craft an artistic nesting site by Kenna Bruner.

• Max Boykoff referenced in 30 August 2018 Daily Caller article: Dan Rather Claims That Global Warming 'Rarely Tops the Headlines'.

• Max Boykoff and Inside the Greenhouse highlighted in 27 August 2018 Sierra Magazine article: A Theory of Climate Change—and Climate Wonder—for the Classroom by Jonathan Hahn.

• Max Boykoff quoted in 10 August 2018 Grist article: Climate change is coming for rich people’s favorite things. Should we care? by Shannon Osaka.

• Max Boykoff quoted in 14 June 2018 Pacific Standard article: Have international climate negotiations outlived their usefulness? by Eric J. Lyman.

• Max Boykoff highlighted in 29 May 2018 Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center article on media and climate change: Doom and Gloom: The Role of the Media in Public Disengagement on Climate Change by Elizabeth Arnold.

• Max Boykoff referenced in 27 May 2018 Los Angeles Times article on media and climate change: Dear media: We need more stories about resilience to climate change by Elizabeth Arnold.

• Max Boykoff referenced in 23 May 2018 Yale Climate Connections article on media and climate change: Reporter Elizabeth Arnold asks media for more 'hope' coverage by Bud Ward.

• Lisa Dilling highlighted in 15 May 2018 CU Boulder Today on WWA Usable Science Guide: Making your research relevant for decision-makers.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 1 May 2018 CBS News article: Illnesses from ticks, mosquitoes, flea bites have tripled in recent years, CDC says by Ashley Welch.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 30 April 2018 OnMedica: GPs warn of health risks due to climate change.

• CSTPR highlighted in 23 April 2018 CU Boulder Today article: Join the Campus Sustainability Summit April 25.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 16 April 2018 Canadian Homesteading: Global Warming Caused A Significant Increase In Infectious Diseases Virulence.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 16 April 2018 Xinhuanews: Australia to join global initiative tracking progress on health, climate change.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 15 April 2018 Eurekalert: Australia to join global health and climate change initiative.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work highlighted in 6 April 2018 EFE Verde article: La Triple Trampa de Trump Dump by Rogelio Fernández-Reyes.

• Lisa Dilling interviewed on 3 April 2018 KGNU's How on Earth program: Geoengineering the Climate.

• Max Boykoff quoted in 28 March 2018 Houston Chronicle article: Attack on Patagonia latest in long running campaign against oil critics by James Osborne.

• Max Boykoff quoted in 26 March 2018 Science Line article: Climate change emojis could help save the planet by Brianna Abbott.

• CSTPR's Colorado Science and Engineering Policy Fellowship highlighted in 23 March 2018 CU Boulder Today: CU Boulder offers inaugural Colorado Science and Engineering Policy Fellowship.

• Max Boykoff quoted in 19 March 2018 Climatewire article on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: How do you talk to Pruitt about climate change? by Niina Heikkinen.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 15 March 2018 The Time Record article: Letters: Pruitt's Egregious Comments on Global Warming.

• Steve Vanderheiden referenced in 12 February 2018 Mercury news article: More Tasmanians have their voices heard on climate change.

• Steve Vanderheiden interviewed on 8 February 2018: Australia ABC's Breakfast wth Ryk Goddard program.

• Steve Vanderheiden referenced in 7 February 2018 Mercury news article on climate justice: Hobart beaches face 100-fold increase in flood risk as climate change hits.

• Max Boykoff quoted in 29 January 2018 Mail & Guardian article on climate scepticism in the media: The persistence of climate scepticism in the media.

• Max Boykoff interviewed in 27 January 2018 Al Jazeera news report: Climate Sceptics and the News Media.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work for Lancet Report highlighted in 24 January 2018 Carbon Brief article: Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2017.

• Steve Vanderheiden referenced in 24 January 2018 Mercury news article on climate justice: Talking Point: Bigger issues of justice at play as heat takes its toll on court.

• Max Boykoff's MeCCO work highlighted in 10 January 2018 Media Matters article: Climate journalism focuses too much on Trump and not enough on extreme weather, new reports find by Evlondo Cooper.