Climate change and public health: The heat is on for more urgent action in Northern Ireland
Earth in childs hands

The eyes of the world are currently focused on Glasgow for COP-26, the global climate change summit. The United Nations (UN) Conference marks the 26th meeting of countries that signed up to the UN Climate Change Treaty in 1994. Once again, the global summit has heard renewed calls for world leaders and governments alike to act faster to stem global warming and its impacts.

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