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There is a vast chasm between the interest shown on the health impact of climate change and the research taking place in the sector. According to a new study published in the scientific journal The Lancet, while most news articles on the impact of climate change on health are published in Asia, more than half the research, however, continues to focus, primarily, on the impact felt in Europe and America. The Lancet paper notes that in just the last decade, a marked increase has been seen in the number of published research linking health and climate change from 94 reports in 2007 to over 275 in both 2015 and 2016. A similar trend has also been seen in media coverage on the issue, with a huge 78 per cent increase, “largely driven by South-East Asian newspapers.” The paper says the “average coverage of health and climate change was higher (in Asia) than in other regions, particularly among Indian sources.”