# WHO Calls Climate Change a Health Crisis Ahead of COP31

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119055073921699854
- Source account: [@wideawake_media](https://x.com/wideawake_media)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:45
- Published: 2026-11-07
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/arKl3ZRawCQo/en/who-calls-climate-change-a-health-crisis-ahead-of-cop31

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/arKl3ZRawCQo/en/who-calls-climate-change-a-health-crisis-ahead-of-cop31) Next week, I will join world leaders in Turkey for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/arKl3ZRawCQo/en/who-calls-climate-change-a-health-crisis-ahead-of-cop31?t=8) Once again, WHO will be making the case that the climate crisis is a health crisis, and that health is the most compelling reason for climate action.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/arKl3ZRawCQo/en/who-calls-climate-change-a-health-crisis-ahead-of-cop31?t=20) The health impacts of climate change are not a theoretical risk for the future.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/arKl3ZRawCQo/en/who-calls-climate-change-a-health-crisis-ahead-of-cop31?t=25) They're right here and right now. The climate crisis is fueling outbreaks, driving higher rates of heart and lung disease, cancer and asthma, and making healthy diets less affordable.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/arKl3ZRawCQo/en/who-calls-climate-change-a-health-crisis-ahead-of-cop31?t=40) Climate denialism doesn't help. It only hurts.