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Podcast: The World, the Universe and Us
Episode: Weekly: The Trump impact on climate and global health; the placebo effect’s evil twin; the mystery of dark oxygen
Description: Episode 286President Trump has signed executive orders pulling the US out of the Paris climate agreement, and out of the World Health Organization. Although he claims that withdrawing from Paris will save the US $1trillion a year, the reality is much less clear. As the world’s second largest emitter and amid bans on renewable energy permits, just how catastrophic is this for global climate action? Leaving the WHO raises concerns too over the future of global health action.You probably know of the placebo effect, but have you heard of the ‘nocebo’ effect? Known as the...