Climate Change
World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say
After Trump stopped funding the WHO, the agency retreated from occupational safety and health programs, putting millions of workers at risk as the planet warms, advocates contend. They hope its leaders change that when they meet next week.
Every year, hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer from workplace injuries or illnesses, and nearly 3 million die from job-related accidents or exposures. Climate change is making many jobs even more dangerous, exposing millions of workers to excessive heat and toxic wildfire smoke each year, yet the World Health Organization has not made worker health one of its core priorities.
World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say