Thunderstorm Asthma and Climate Change

Abstract

This JAMA Insights in the Climate Change and Health Series defines thunderstorm asthma, describes its effects and increased rate of occurrence, and highlights recommendations for improved response during future events.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 28th Conference of the Parties, Dubai (COP28): Implications for lung disease

“…Climate change has been suggested as a contributor to the event. 10,11 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the international body tasked with coordinating global efforts to address climate change. Nearly all countries in the world are parties to the convention, and country representatives have met annually since 1995 at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to negotiate agreements regarding various topics at the intersection of climate change and food systems, adaptation, the energy transition, gender inequalities and more.…”