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WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health

24 April 2024
Departmental update
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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

Please register below to attend the webinars. 

Recordings

The webinars will be recorded and the recordings will be made available on this webpage.

Interpretation

Each webinar will be conducted twice to accommodate different time zones and interpretation will be available as follows (Geneva time/CEST):

AM sessions: French and Arabic

PM sessions: French and Spanish

You can register to either the AM session that takes place from 9:30 to 11:00, or the PM session  that takes place from 15:00 to 16:30, from each of the individual event page. 

Date & time (CEST)

Topic*

24th April 2024

Getting started: climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation assessments

30th April 2024

WHO as an Accredited Implementing Entity of the Adaptation Fund; Accessing AF funding for Climate Change and Health

15th May 2024

WHO Operational Framework for Building Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Health Systems 

12th June 2024

Developing a Health National Adaptation Plan: Introduction

19th June 2024

GIS and risk mapping in climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation assessments

10th July 2024

Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities

17th July 2024

Quantitative approaches for Vulnerability & Adaptation assessments: sensitivity analyses and projecting future health risks of climate change

18th September 2024

Integrating health in NDCs

25th September 2024

Developing a Health National Adaptation Plan: Quality criteria for HNAPs

16th October 2024

Gender, climate change and health

15th April 2025

WHO support for GCF country driven programming for the health sector: AFRO/EMRO (MENA) Regions

7th May 2025

Deep dive: integrating health into NDCs

 

*Topics are subject to change.