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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Theme: Health | Climate threatens health and nutrition, we ought to reprioritise our food and agriculture systems: Dr K Srinath Reddy
Description: COP 28 recently wrapped up in Dubai. The meeting has brought some great insights into different aspects, including climate change, health, and agriculture. In this State of the Economy podcast, Dr Srinath Reddy, cardiologist and founder and former president Public Health Foundation of India, talks to Jyothi Datta on the unprecedented inclusion of health in the climate change agenda. The podcast emphasised on the escalating impact of climate change on human health. Not only are extreme weather events becoming more frequent, but there's also a heightened vulnerability to infectious and non-infectious diseases. Dr. Reddy stressed the urgent need t...