Biodiversité

Europe in 2023 This section provides an overview of Europe in 2023, compared to the long-term trends of variables across the climate system. Spotlight sections provide a detailed look at key events during the year, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on human health.

Les conditions météorologiques extrêmes et la COVID-19 ont doublement pénalisé des millions de personnes en 2020. Par ailleurs, selon un nouveau rapport établi par l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM) et un vaste réseau de partenaires, le ralentissement économique lié à la pandémie n'a réussi à freiner ni les moteurs ni l'intensification des effets du changement climatique.

The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown is published as the world confronts profound and concurrent systemic shocks. Countries and health systems continue to contend with the health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a persistent fossil fuel overdependence has pushed the world into global energy and cost-of-living crises. As these crises unfold, climate change escalates unabated. Its worsening impacts are increasingly affecting the foundations of human health and wellbeing, exacerbating the vulnerability of the world's populations to concurrent health threats.