12th June 2024: 9:30 – 11:00 and 15:00 – 16:30
Background
WHO is conducting a series of technical webinars on various climate change and health topics with the aim of building capacity for implementation at country level. These webinars will integrate training, experience sharing, interactive activities and group discussion.
The first series of webinars will explore specific topics related to:
- Conducting a climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessment
- Developing a Health National Adaptation Plan
- Accessing climate finance for health
- Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities
Description
This webinar, Introduction to developing a Health National Adaptation Plan, provided an overview of the HNAP process and sequence of steps for developing an HNAP. The session included the sharing of country experiences and interactive, small-group activities and discussion.
Downloads
Presentation, AM session recording, AM jamboards, PM session recording, PM jamboards.
Agenda
Time | Agenda item | Speaker |
9:30 – 9:35 | Opening remarks | Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Head, Climate Change and Health Unit Elena Villalobos Prats, Lead Capacity Building and Country Support, Climate Change and Health Unit, WHO |
9:35 – 10:05
| Introduction to Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAPs) | Amy Savage, Technical Officer, Climate Change and Health Unit, WHO |
| 10:05 – 10:20 | Country experience: developing a HNAP | Dr Munjed AlSharif, Consultant and Team Lead, HNAP update, Jordan Raja Ram Pote Shrestha, National Professional Officer, WHO Country Office, Nepal |
10:20 – 10:45 | Interactive activity | |
10:45 – 10:55 | Group feedback | Breakout group volunteers Moderated by Amy Savage |
| 10:55 – 11:00 | Close webinar | Kristiina Yang, Climate Change and Health Unit, WHO |
Time | Agenda item | Speaker |
15:00 – 15:05
| Opening remarks | Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Head, Climate Change and Health Unit Elena Villalobos Prats, Lead Capacity Building and Country Support, Climate Change and Health Unit, WHO |
15:05 – 15:35
| Introduction to Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAPs) | Amy Savage, Technical Officer, Climate Change and Health Unit, WHO |
15:35 – 15:50
| Country experience: developing a HNAP | Dr Phillip Swann, Registrar, Ministry of Health, Bahamas Dr Ashrafedin Youya, Environmental Health Expert, Emergency WASH and Climate Change & Health Focal, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
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15:50 – 16:15 | Interactive activity | |
16:15 – 16:25 | Group feedback | Breakout group volunteers Moderated by Amy Savage |
| 16:25 - 16:30 | Close webinar | Kristiina Yang, Climate Change and Health Unit, WHO |
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Full list of webinars
Date & time (CEST) | Topic* |
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24th April 2024 | Getting started: climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation assessments
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30th April 2024 |
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15th May 2024 | WHO Operational Framework for Building Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Health Systems
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12th June 2024 | Developing a Health National Adaptation Plan: Introduction |
19th June 202 | GIS and risk mapping in climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation assessments
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10th July 2024 | Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities
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17th July 2024 |
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18th September 2024 |
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25th September 2024 | Developing a Health National Adaptation Plan: Quality criteria for HNAPs
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16th October 2024
| Conducting a gender analysis for climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation assessments
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23rd October 2024 (TBC) | Accessing GCF Readiness funds with WHO as the Delivery Partner (TBC) |