Portrayal of ‘lived realities’ of CC & health View(s):2025 Report of the Lancet Countdown launched on February 2By Kumudini HettiarachchiWhat can we do as individuals and what can we do together with regard to Climate Change (CC) and follow-up action? This was the critical point raised by the Founding Director of the Center for Planetary Health (CePH) Prof. Tharanga Thoradeniya at the Sri Lanka launch of ‘The 2025 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and CC: CC action offers a lifeline’ on February 2. Inadequate CC action is undermining livelihoods and straining economies – further harming health. Inadequate CC action is undermining livelihoods and straining economies – further harming health. 1 priority is not CC and Climate Action,” the expert said, explaining that when countries are facing an economic downturn, attention is taken away from CC.

Source: Sunday Times February 15, 2026 04:27 UTC