Exclusive: Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality What are the health impacts of sea-level rise, and who should pay? Christiana Figueres: Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate change as “the mother of all injustices”. Christiana Figueres, an international climate negotiator who helped deliver the Paris Agreement signed in 2016, made the comments as she was announced on Wednesday as co-chair of a Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality . Continue reading...
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World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres warns that global reliance on fossil fuels is holding countries "hostage." Figueres, who helped broker the Paris Agreement, made the statement upon being named co-chair of a new Lancet Commission. The commission will investigate the impacts of sea-level rise on health, wellbeing, and inequality.
Melissa Davey Medical editorThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-04-07 · 22:30 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres warns that global reliance on fossil fuels is holding countries "hostage." Figueres, who helped broker the Paris Agreement, made the statement upon being named co-chair of a new Lancet Commission. The commission will investigate the impacts of sea-level rise on health, wellbeing, and inequality. Figueres describes the health consequences of climate change as a major injustice. The commission aims to determine the health impacts of rising sea levels and address the question of accountability for polluters.
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Figueres helped deliver the Paris agreement signed in 2016.
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Christiana Figueres is co-chair of a Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality.
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The health impacts of climate change are “the mother of all injustices”.
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Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels.
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