Climate Change Policy

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Summary The National Adaptation Plan has been approved on 28 October 2021 by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Nepal. The NAP sets out priority programmes in the …

Global health workforce urges action to avert health catastrophe 11 October 2021 News release (WHO) Countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green …

Air pollution has become a serious environmental concern and a public health risk in Nepal. Government of Nepal has taken various initiatives for the control of air pollution. Air quality …