{"id":446856,"date":"2026-05-27T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=446856"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:00:15","slug":"european-expert-commission-urges-covid-19-like-global-climate-state-of-energency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=446856","title":{"rendered":"European \u201cExpert Commission\u201d Urges COVID-19-Like Global Climate State Of Energency!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The NoTrickZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want our crises back!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s online WELT (published mid-May 2026) outlines<\/a> a major health and climate policy demand made by a \u201chigh-level expert commission\u201d to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to WELT, a pan-European expert commission on health and sustainable development, appointed by the WHO and chaired by former Icelandic Prime Minister Katr\u00edn Jakobsd\u00f3ttir, is urging the WHO to declare the climate crisis a \u201cPublic Health Emergency of International Concern.\u201d This is the WHO\u2019s highest level of alert, which was previously triggered during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change an acute \u201cmedical emergency?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its report, the commission emphasizes that the climate crisis is no longer an abstract threat to future generations. Instead, it is an acute danger to global health, security, social cohesion, and human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former German Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD socialists) is a member of this commission, and he strongly supports the proposal, calling climate change an acute \u201cmedical emergency.\u201d He warned that climate change must be placed at the very top of the WHO\u2019s agenda, arguing that waiting makes no sense given the severe health consequences, such as tens of thousands of heat-related deaths and the health impacts of fossil fuel combustion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase out fossil fuels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WHO report outlines concrete steps for action. Firstly, the WHO should establish a central \u201cClimate Information Hub\u201d to provide scientifically sound forecasts and fact-checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, national governments are urged to firmly anchor climate risks within their security and healthcare policies and to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steps also call on the WHO reviewing every two years how well individual countries are preparing their healthcare systems for climate change. Furthermore, medical staff should receive better training in sustainability and climate adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The timing of the report\u2019s submission was strategically chosen to precede the annual World Health Assembly of the WHO in Geneva, aiming to initiate a debate on updating international health regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We want our crises back!<\/p>\n

According to WELT, a pan-European expert commission on health and sustainable development, appointed by the WHO and chaired by former Icelandic Prime Minister Katr\u00edn Jakobsd\u00f3ttir, is urging the WHO to declare the climate crisis a
\nWe want our crises back!
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