Climate action urgently required to protect human health in Europe

New EASAC report “The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe” highlights an alarming range of health risks due to climate change and the benefits of rapid phase out of fossil fuels. Blahoslav Maršálek from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences contributed to the report and says: “We can no longer destroy nature because it has a direct impact on human health – the nervous system, the immune system, reproduction and so on.” Press release