UN Weather Agency Warns of Rising Health Risks from Wildfires and Heatwaves
The World Meteorological Organization has issued a stark warning that intensifying heatwaves and wildfires are severely degrading global air quality and threatening public health. The agency emphasized that these climate-driven extremes are becoming more frequent and difficult to manage.
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Wildfires and heatwaves are threatening global efforts to improve air quality and protect human health, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Monday. The UN agency warned that increasingly severe fires are raising exposure to toxic PM2.5 pollution, even as regulations have reduced industrial and transport emissions in Europe and North America.
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