Advocacy and Partnerships on Health and Climate Change
World Health Organization implements a broad range of advocacy
and partnership activities on climate change and health in order to: raise awareness; strengthen international collaborations;
enhance scientific evidence; and support health systems to respond to and
prepare for a rapidly changing climate.
WHO raises awareness on climate risks to health through advocacy
campaigns, publications and policy briefs, and the representation of WHO and
health actors in climate fora.
Through partnerships, networks and collaborations WHO helps to
drive the global action needed to protect health from climate risks, and
realize the health benefits of low-carbon energy choices.
WHO works with leading experts and institutions worldwide to
improve the understanding and evidence base of the linkages of health and
climate, the burden of disease attributable to climate change, and the economic
and health gains from ambitious climate change adaptation and mitigation actions.
Publications
All →Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems
Climate change is a growing health crisis, driving increased mortality from heat, malnutrition, and disease, and placing increasing pressure on health...
Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and...
To effectively address these growing health challenges posed by climate change, health considerations must be systematically integrated into broader national...
This report aims to: provide guidance to health systems on decarbonizing their supply chains through changing the way they select, procure and use goods...
Highlights
COP30 Special Report on Health and Climate Change
COP26 special report on climate change and health: the health argument for climate action
The 10 recommendations in the COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health propose a set of priority actions from the global health community to governments...
COP24 special report: health and climate change
This report is a contribution from the public health community to support the negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Multimedia
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