{"id":37482,"date":"2025-10-31T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=37482"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:28:08","slug":"china-pioneers-urban-health-climate-solutions-as-risks-hit-record-high-offers-new-pathways-for-global-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=37482","title":{"rendered":"China Pioneers Urban Health-Climate Solutions as Risks Hit Record High, Offers New Pathways for Global South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The new Lancet Countdown China report reveals that 8 of 13 climate-health risk indicators are at historic peaks; the <span class=\"xn-location\">Beijing<\/span> launch showcases scalable approaches for resilient and low-carbon urban development. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 31, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; As 8 of 13 critical climate-health risk indicators reach record highs in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, the 2025 Lancet Countdown China Report, launched today at\u00a0Tsinghua University, offers valuable lessons for urban resilience and low-carbon development.<\/p>\n<p>Marking World Cities Day under the theme &#8220;Empowering Cities for Synergistic Action&#8221;, the report delivers unprecedented city-level analysis, revealing a critical gap between national and provincial assessments and the distinct risks faced by individual cities. &#8220;While climate red alerts are flashing everywhere, we must fight public desensitization and provide cities with targeted solutions,&#8221; said Professor Cai Wenjia, Director of the Lancet Countdown Asia Centre at Tsinghua University. &#8220;Our analysis shows health-focused climate action isn&#8217;t an economic brake \u2013 it&#8217;s actually an accelerator for growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Key findings with regional implications include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Asian countries now experience an average of 20 heatwave days per year (2022-2024), with climate change responsible for 16 of these days<\/li>\n<li>Public risk fatigue\u00a0is emerging as climate warnings become constant, threatening response effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>Each city faces its own distinct climate-health crisis\u00a0\u2013 national averages mask critical local vulnerabilities<\/li>\n<li>Scientific research doesn&#8217;t match cities&#8217; most urgent needs, with cost-effective solutions remaining scarce<\/li>\n<li>Health-centered climate action accelerates rather than hinders economic growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report identifies cities as both the epicenter of climate health risks and the engine of solutions, outlining five priority actions from developing people-centered early warning systems to embedding health in smart city planning.<\/p>\n<p>The launch featured experts from <span class=\"xn-location\">Singapore<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> discussing practical urban solutions. The event also highlighted new financing pathways. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank outlined its focus on health- and nature-positive infrastructure, while the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network introduced its Climate x Health Lighthouse Fund\u2014Asia&#8217;s first philanthropic fund scaling adaptation innovation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The city-level evidence in this report is exactly what local governments need to move from planning to action,&#8221; said Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Sandro Demaio<\/span>, Director of the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health.<\/p>\n<p>The full report is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(25)00230-0\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(25)00230-0\/fulltext<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><i>The new Lancet Countdown China report reveals that 8 of 13 climate-health risk indicators are at historic peaks; the <span class=\"xn-location\">Beijing<\/span> launch showcases scalable approaches for resilient and low-carbon urban development. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 31, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; As 8 of 13 critical climate-health risk indicators reach record highs in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, the 2025 Lancet Countdown China Report, launched today at\u00a0Tsinghua University, offers valuable lessons for urban resilience and low-carbon development.<\/p>\n<p>Marking World Cities Day under the theme &#8220;Empowering Cities for Synergistic Action&#8221;, the report delivers unprecedented city-level analysis, revealing a critical gap between national and provincial assessments and the distinct risks faced by individual cities. &#8220;While climate red alerts are flashing everywhere, we must fight public desensitization and provide cities with targeted solutions,&#8221; said Professor Cai Wenjia, Director of the Lancet Countdown Asia Centre at Tsinghua University. &#8220;Our analysis shows health-focused climate action isn&#8217;t an economic brake \u2013 it&#8217;s actually an accelerator for growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Key findings with regional implications include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Asian countries now experience an average of 20 heatwave days per year (2022-2024), with climate change responsible for 16 of these days<\/li>\n<li>Public risk fatigue\u00a0is emerging as climate warnings become constant, threatening response effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>Each city faces its own distinct climate-health crisis\u00a0\u2013 national averages mask critical local vulnerabilities<\/li>\n<li>Scientific research doesn&#8217;t match cities&#8217; most urgent needs, with cost-effective solutions remaining scarce<\/li>\n<li>Health-centered climate action accelerates rather than hinders economic growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report identifies cities as both the epicenter of climate health risks and the engine of solutions, outlining five priority actions from developing people-centered early warning systems to embedding health in smart city planning.<\/p>\n<p>The launch featured experts from <span class=\"xn-location\">Singapore<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> discussing practical urban solutions. The event also highlighted new financing pathways. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank outlined its focus on health- and nature-positive infrastructure, while the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network introduced its Climate x Health Lighthouse Fund\u2014Asia&#8217;s first philanthropic fund scaling adaptation innovation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The city-level evidence in this report is exactly what local governments need to move from planning to action,&#8221; said Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Sandro Demaio<\/span>, Director of the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health.<\/p>\n<p>The full report is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(25)00230-0\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpub\/article\/PIIS2468-2667(25)00230-0\/fulltext<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}