Climate change is becoming a “global health emergency,” according to the 2026 Lancet Countdown report. Rising temperatures, extreme droughts and other climate-related threats are increasingly harming human health. Led by University College London in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the report warns that climate-related health risks are accelerating despite progress made since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Report: Three million heat-related deaths in eight years

A river in the Balkans, known for its stunning natural beauty, has been transformed into a giant floating rubbish heap, amid a spell of bad weather, worsened by long-running mismanagement. Tonnes of plastic bottles, rusty barrels, and other waste has piled up behind a barrier in the Drina River in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Sections of the Balkan river turn into floating rubbish dumps, experts warn of ecological disaster

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