Climate change could affect the health of an entire generation

New Delhi banned the use of diesel generators last month as pollution levels in the Indian capital exceeded safe limits by more than four times. — AFP

Climate change will damage the health of an entire generation unless there are immediate cuts to fossil fuel emissions, from a rise in deadly infectious diseases to surging malnutrition, experts warned.

Children across the world were already suffering the ill effects of air pollution and extreme weather events, said The Lancet Countdown in its annual report on the impact of climate change on human health.