“It’s Mind Blowing” – Governments support fossil fuels in face of climate destruction

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Governments and corporations are “undermining our future” by supporting fossil fuels in the face of overwhelming evidence that using coal, oil, and gas is killing people, a startling new report finds.

The report, from the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, finds that in 2023 alone, more than double the number of people over 65 died from excessive heat compared to the 1990s. People living in every country around the world are now threatened by the effects of climate change. It’s the latest in a series of reports showing the world is marching towards disaster.

“We pull our hair out every year,” Dr. Marina Romanello, Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, tells One World, One Health. “One of the findings that shocked us the most was the enormous amount of public funding that gets poured into fossil fuels.”

The report shows that oil and gas companies are making record profits and increasing production, driving up the emissions that are making the planet hotter and the weather more extreme and unpredictable.

But there is hope, the report finds. More electricity than ever is being generated by clean modern renewables – up to 10.5 percent in 2021, twice as much as in 2016. And clean energy employed 13.7 million people in 2022.

Listen as Dr. Romanello tells One World, One Health about the growing problems, how governments and companies are ignoring the warnings, and where hope still lies.