Overview

• Karl Lauterbach will volunteer his expertise in the WHO climate and health commission without remuneration during the Bundestag’s session break.
• The ten-member panel of international health policymakers will convene virtually to analyze climate change’s effects on global public health.
• Commissioners will consult scientists and examine studies to underpin their forthcoming report on health impacts.
• The group’s findings are slated for presentation at the next global climate conference to inform international policy debates.
• Lauterbach says highlighting the health consequences of climate change could reverse declining public engagement on the issue.