Environment

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Missouri is in a state of emergency as flooding continues and  record water levels expected over the coming days. Missouri’s governor activated the National Guard to help divert traffic from submerged roads and Illinois’ governor declared disasters in seven counties. Thirteen people in Missouri have died in floods caused by the severe storms over the weekend, and although the rain has moved on, swollen rivers are still rising Scenes from towns along the Mississippi this New Years.

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Though evidence of a looming global healthcare crisis is plainly visible, few seem to realize the consequences will be catastrophic to individuals, households and national economies.

Here is a list—by no means exhaustive—of major health issues threatening hundreds of millions of people globally.

Air & Water Pollution

The Paris climate conference produced an international agreement for curtailing global warming, but resistance from some leaders, particularly Republicans in the U.S., makes the prospect for its implementation doubtful and thus dangerous, writes Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson Paris was certainly 2015’s center for ticking bombs. The year was bracketed by major terrorist attacks in…

Official documents show that the UK government’s own advisory body warned that a funding gap could leave swaths of the north vulnerable to flooding  just weeks before the deluge this Christmas. Head of the Yorkshire regional flood and coastal committee (RFCC) Prof Colin Mellors, said funding cuts could mean discontinuing some flood defences, according to minutes on the government’s website.