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UN Warns Extreme Heat Poses Rising Risk to Pregnant Women and Infants Globally
BBC Persian·FJ·1 day ago
The UNFCCC head warns that extreme heat is increasingly endangering maternal and newborn health, framing pregnancy as a new fault line in the climate crisis. The call to integrate maternal health into national climate plans is a policy push, but specific data on health impacts or country commitments remains unspecified. This signals a growing intersection of climate and health policy, potentially influencing future climate adaptation funding.