The priorities of reporting in newspapers and in media more broadly neglects the direct links between climate change, global warming and public health. The study by Weathers et al. (2025) has investigated this underreporting of scientific facts between 2012-1-1and 2023-12-31 with regard to China, India and the USA. As these are not only big countries, but also among the heaviest polluters. Public health is in the majority of cases addressed as a general public health issue, Extreme heat (51%) and extreme weather (44%) are mentioned most as single issues followed by poor air quality (35%) and food insecurity (25%). The human species suffers from a severe short sightedness when it comes to the public health issues that will intensify due to global warming. Directly following the destructions, worsening health due to heat and pollution, sometimes both even coinciding, will cause additional medium and long term detrimental effects. Although this is known today, there is still little concern about real policy change. The COP 1-30 has achieved little in this respect. It is questionable, whether this format outside of the regular UN institutions (for example within UNESCO) was and still is the right choice.
