Overview During COP30, Brazil unveiled the Belém Health Action Plan, marking the first international climate adaptation framework dedicated specifically to the health sector. The plan provides a comprehensive set of …
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Nepal: Information sheet on climate change, air pollution, and health
Overview The 2025 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has been published, revealing that the health impacts of climate change have reached unprecedented and alarming levels. …
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Baseline Assessment of GHG Emissions of Nepal’s Health Sector, 2024
Overview The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has released a report titled Baseline Assessment of GHG Emissions of Nepal’s Health Sector, 2024. This marks the first-ever study of its …
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Health National Adaptation Plan (NAP) – Climate Change 2023-2030
Health Sector National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Change 2023-2030 The Health Sector National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Change 2023-2030 is a strategic framework aimed at enhancing the resilience …
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New research flags the urgent need for research and evidence on the impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases and malaria
22 May 2024 | Geneva – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), has …
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COP28: Summary of the initiatives and financial commitments for climate and health
Today the COP28 Presidency joined with the World Health Organization to announce a new ‘COP28 UAE Declaration on Climate and Health’ (the Declaration) to accelerate actions to protect people’s health …
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COP28 UAE Climate and Health Declaration: Putting Health at the Heart of the Climate Agenda
Historic Focus on Climate Health Impacts The ‘Putting Health at the Center of Climate Agenda’ session of the World Climate Action Summit on 2nd December, combined multiple transformative climate health …
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Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health Guiding Principles respond to low- and middle-income countries’ calls to mobilize finance to save …
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Global health community calls for urgent action on climate and health at COP28
In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community, is raising its voice to ensure that the impact of climate change on health …
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WHO unveils framework for climate resilient and low carbon health systems
Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems 9 November 2023 – Responding to rapidly changing climate, the World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new Operational framework for …