Public & Political Engagement

Tracks how individuals, institutions and decision-makers engage with climate change and health.

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Key findings · 2026

5.5
Legislative Engagement
Climate laws referencing health increased by fifty times between 2000 and 2025, with a sharp rise after 2016.
5.1
Media engagement
There has been a 3.6% increase in climate change articles mentioning health between 2021 and 2025, with newspapers in Low- and Medium HDI countries having highest coverage
5.3.2
Scientific engagement on the health impacts of climate change
The number of articles linking health impacts to temperature or precipitation changes attributable to human-driven climate change reached a record high of 3,400 in 2025, surpassing the previous peak in 2023 by 19%