[Comment] Charting a path to health for all at net-zero emissions

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Climate change is the foremost health challenge of this century, with rapid greenhouse gas reductions needed by 2050 to prevent irreversible environmental damage and protect human health and equity. However, climate interventions often miss maximizing health co-benefits.

Climate change is the defining health challenge of the 21st century, with record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events already exacting an unprecedented toll on human health and wellbeing. Scientific consensus is clear: rapid and deep reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 are needed not only to reduce the risks of exceeding climate tipping points beyond which irreversible damage occurs to natural systems, but also to safeguard human health, wellbeing, and equity.1,2 Despite growing awareness of the climate–health nexus, climate interventions often fail to consider opportunities to maximise co-benefits.