The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: competing interests and optimism bias.

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Wits Planetary Health Research Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Public Health and Primary Care, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 2 D02 PN40, Ireland. Electronic address:

Published: September 2024

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