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.
Health at COP27
WHO participates in UNFCCC negotiations as a UN Observer organization. The main objective of WHO activities at COPs is to promote health in the UNFCCC negotiations, by supporting the participation of national health representatives in national delegations and strengthening joint advocacy with NGOs, UN, academic, and private sector partners on key health and climate cross-cutting issues.
Plans for COP27 (6 - 18 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt)
WHO lead a number of initiatives and events at COP27, including the UN High-level side event on the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) and the Global Youth Forum on Health and Climate Change.
Following last year’s successful example, WHO hosted the Health Pavilion at COP27. Over 50 events were organized in the Health Pavilion over the span of two weeks, showcasing the health arguments for ambitious climate action across many different sectors and topics. Please refer to the dedicated webpage for more information.Ahead of COP27, the online course "Climate Change Negotiations and Health" was updated with content relevant specifically to the upcoming 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 policy briefs, submissions and statements to address key health-relevant issues under negotiations at COP27 and provide support to negotiators on how to include health in different negotiating streams. These include:
COP27 Science-Policy Brief Series
2 November 2022
WHO Policy Brief: Loss and Damage
2 November 2022
WHO Policy Brief: Climate Change, Health & Intergenerational Equity
2 November 2022
WHO Policy Brief: Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs)
2 November 2022
WHO Policy Brief: Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
The other submissions, statements and briefs can be found on this page.
IPCC AR6
UNFCCC Global Goal on Adaptation
Media advisories
16 November 2022
18 November - COP27 Health Highlights
16 November 2022
17 November - COP27 Health Highlights
15 November 2022
16 November - COP27 Health Highlights
14 November 2022
15 November - COP27 Health Highlights
12 November 2022
14 November - COP27 Health Highlights
11 November 2022
12 November - COP27 Health Highlights
10 November 2022
11 November - COP27 Health Highlights
9 November 2022
10 November - COP27 Health Highlights
8 November 2022
9 November - COP27 Health Highlights
7 November 2022
8 November - COP27 Health Highlights
5 November 2022
6 November - Unveiling symbolic Health Pavilion art piece
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