Climate change and health toolkit
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All →Clinical trials and environmental sustainability: review of key considerations to develop climate change...
This report examines how clinical trials contribute to environmental impacts and outlines key considerations for integrating environmental sustainability...
Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems
Climate change is a growing health crisis, driving increased mortality from heat, malnutrition, and disease, and placing increasing pressure on health...
Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and...
To effectively address these growing health challenges posed by climate change, health considerations must be systematically integrated into broader national...
This report aims to: provide guidance to health systems on decarbonizing their supply chains through changing the way they select, procure and use goods...
Embedding ethics in health and climate change: WHO satellite meeting at the 14th Global Summit of National...
This World Health Organization (WHO) satellite meeting on embedding ethics in health and climate change, held at the 14th Global Summit of national ethics...
WHO Technical Advisory Group on Embedding Ethics in Health and Climate Change Policy: report of the third...
The World Health Organization recognizes climate change as the biggest health threat facing humanity. In furtherance of its mandate of “articulating...
WHO Technical Advisory Group on Embedding Ethics in Health and Climate Change Policy: report of the second...
The World Health Organization recognizes climate change as the biggest health threat facing humanity. In furtherance of its mandate of “articulating...
WHO Technical Advisory Group on Embedding Ethics in Health and Climate Change Policy: meeting report,...
The World Health Organization recognizes climate change as the biggest health threat facing humanity. In furtherance of its mandate of “articulating...
Mapping climate change and health indicators
This review sheds light on how countries are measuring the health impacts of climate change. It examines the indicators countries are using in their vulnerability...
This publication provides an overview of evidence and guidance on the growing challenge of workplace heat stress in the context of climate change. It highlights...
Global review of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments: executive summary
This executive summary presents key findings from the Global review of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments, which is an analysis...
Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations...
This is the seventh report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines how health systems are responding...
A review of the work on climate change and health was carried in 10 member states of South-East Asia region between 2014 and 2015. The review explored...
Climate change undermine global food systems, increases food and nutrition insecurity and and exacerbates malnutrition in vulnerable populations. In the...
Weaving health for families, communities and societies in the Western Pacific Region (2025-2029): working...
This document sets out thematic priorities for WHO's work in the Western Pacific Region for the next five years to improve health and well-being, and save...
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...
Target setting for low carbon sustainable health systems
The purpose of this document is to supplement the World Health Organization (WHO) Operational Framework for Building Climate Resilient and Low Carbon...
Report of a scoping meeting for the selection of indicators to monitor the impact of extreme heat on...
This document summarizes the first meeting of an expert group convened in April 2023.The meeting had two key aims:1) to convene a group of multidisciplinary...
This is the 2024 update of the Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment. The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available...
While climate change is a big threat to health, implementing solutions to address climate change presents a huge opportunity to promote better health and...