Climate Change and Health
WHO has been working on climate change and health for over 25 years - advocating, collecting evidence and providing comprehensive support to countries in dealing with health effects of climate change.

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

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Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and health national adaptation plans: executive summary

The process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs), established as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions (‎NDCs)‎

This document seeks to guide policy-makers, ministry of health staff, and staff of other government departments leading and contributing to NDCs to integrate...

Safe, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities: an overview

The aim of this overview is to provide thorough yet succinct information about safe, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities along...

Highlights

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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