COP28 lifted the political profile of the climate-health nexus, and contributed to mainstreaming health in the global climate change agenda.

COP28 UAE Presidency, in collaboration with WHO and other partners, organised the first ever Health day and climate-health ministerial. One of the key milestones was the endorsement of the COP28 UAE Declaration on climate and health. Moreover, for the third time, WHO and Wellcome Trust hosted COP28 Health Pavilion. This generated a watershed moment for climate and health, convening a wide variety of actors including ministers, climate and health professionals, civil society organisations, youth representatives and business. WHO in partnership with members of the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate Change and Health (ATACH) continued promoting commitments to building climate resilient and sustainable low carbon health systems.

Ahead of COP28, the online course "Climate Change Negotiations and Health" was updated with content relevant specifically to the negotiations. The online course features key information on climate change and its impacts on human health, provides an overview of the climate change negotiations so far, and considers entry points to address health issues and priorities within climate change negotiations and policies. 

WHO in close collaboration with the health community also prepared submissions and statements to address key health-relevant issues under negotiations at COP28 and provided support to negotiators on how to include health in different negotiating streams.

For more information on the COP28 UAE Presidency's vision, please refer to the official Letter to Parties from the COP President-Designate, UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber here.

More videos and other resources on COP28 are available here.