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How the Climate Crisis Impacts People Who Are Unhoused
Nearly Half of Americans Still Live With High Levels of Air Pollution, Posing Serious Health Risks, Report Finds
Managing heat/cold stress
Study finds rising temperatures pose a mental health burden
Lancet Countdown Africa Centre launches to drive regional health and climate change research
European State of the Climate: extreme events in warmest year on record
Southern African countries launch climate-resilient health initiative with WHO support
We’re hiring: Join WMO’s growing climate and health team in Geneva
WMO Secretary-General: We are more than just weather forecasters
Open call for Global Goods integrating climate services for health
Clean Air, Healthy Lives: New Roadmap Launched to Aid Governments Tackle Air Pollution Ahead of WHO Conference
Vacancy: Research Fellow at the Lancet Countdown Oceania Regional Centre
Vacancy: Lancet Countdown Oceania Regional Centre Policy and Communications Manager
Vacancy: Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health Data & Statistics
Call for Application: The Lighthouse Fund
People Exposed to Climate Change: December 2024-February 2025
IPCC calls for the nomination of authors for the Seventh Assessment Report
IPCC calls for the nomination of experts for its Task-Group on Data Support
Climate change fuelling mental health crisis in areas most affected by climate crisis
Half of global croplands could see a drop in suitable crops at 2C of warming
Unlocking the potential of trees to improve health and livelihoods
Request for Proposal to support the development of a comprehensive Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) report for UNICEF’s key sectors
Vacancy: Summer Associate at Climate-Health Initiative in The Rockefeller Foundation
Vacancy: Health in Harmony is looking for a Senior Partnerships Director
Vacancy: Health in Harmony is looking for a Director of Human Resources
Vacancy: Policy Analyst at The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
How heatwaves can wreak havoc on your mental health
Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) Meeting on Accessing Climate Finance for Health
ATACH selects TNO model for climate-related health risks in Kenya
Climate Change, Vaccine Hesitancy and Vector-borne Diseases are Driving Encephalitis
WHO Southeast Asia’s Regional Technical Meeting on Climate Change and Health to be Hosted in Timor-Leste
Climate Change and Critical Care: How Nurses Can Lead the Fight for Environmental Sustainability
Climate and health: Insights from Davos 2025
Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate and Health
Why open air quality data is a global health imperative
Opportunity: Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism
Over 100 Daily Child Deaths Linked to Air Pollution in East Asia, Pacific: UNICEF
‘Heat stress is a silent killer’: How heat can affect mental health in workers
NUS-based hub to build a regional network that can respond to South-east Asia’s heat problem
World’s record heat is worsening air pollution and health in Global South
NOAA awards $700,000 to communities, academia for extreme heat planning, research
WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial level
The climate science behind the California wildfires
Extreme heat, flooding, wildfires – Colorado’s formerly incarcerated people on the hazards they faced behind bars
In California Wildfires, Climate and Health Collide
Global Fund Unveils Pioneering Climate and Health Fund to Accelerate Global Action
Launch of new national campaign to reduce/reuse plastics in health care
UNICEF: Climate Crises Disrupted Schooling For 242M Children In 2024
Guest post: How ‘super pollutants’ harm human health and worsen climate change
Eleven Climate, Environment and Health Projects Recommended for Funding!
In the Americas, surging dengue fever linked to climate change
NIH publishes Climate Change and Health Initiative Annual Report
Climate change impacts grip globe in 2024
Global Risks Report 2025: Conflict, Environment and Disinformation Top Threats
What Makes Urban Wildfire Smoke So Toxic
These collaborations are already tackling climate-driven health risks but more can be done to find solutions
Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope
Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025
From Snow to Heat, Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers
How to Stop the Next Viral Pandemic
“A taste of crisis”: a massive simulation exercise helps countries to prepare for and better respond to extreme weather
Climate and the IFRC’s 2025 Global Plan
WHO calls for transformative action towards a greener future in pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution
HCWH Europe launches Practical Guide for Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems
Se realizó un nuevo taller de ENANDES+ en Perú / A new ENANDES+ workshop took place in Perú
El Nuevo Atlas Mundial de la Sequía Insta a Avanzar con Planes Interconectados de Preparación ante este Fenómeno / The New Global Drought Atlas Calls for Advancing Interconnected Preparedness Plans for this Phenomenon
Health and environment impacts of air pollution exposure remain high across Europe
Impact studies should include high-sensitivity climate models
Driving the Dialogue on Climate Change and Health at the 11th Tanzania Health Summit
Study: heat, not lack of precipitation, is driving western U.S. droughts
The top global health stories from 2024
Climate Action Through Innovative Policy: New Initiative Aims to Improve Health Care Sustainability
IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate
Scientists from 57 countries want to end siloed decision-making on climate and biodiversity
Climate Change and Clean Air Policies Bring Major Health Benefits to Children and Adults
Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat
Publication: People in a Changing Climate: From Vulnerability to Action – Insights from World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Reports covering 72 economies
U.S Announces Nearly $1.6 Billion in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants
Geospatial Data Science Intern – Urban Heat
Become a Community Science Partner with the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring
Small Island Developing States 2024 Lancet Countdown Report
Webinar: Contribute to the development of new Lancet Countdown Europe indicators
New PATH Initiative to Integrate Global Climate and Health Data
COP29 Health Pavilion Recap and Recordings
Registration and Financial Assistance for the 1st GHHIN Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum
ATACH: Azerbaijan and Tonga join the fight for health in the face of climate change
Baku COP29 advances health-climate commitments with new coalition
Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities
Early Warnings for All advances but new challenges emerge
Vacancy: WMO Associate Programme Officer – Health
State of Climate Services report showcased at COP29
Applications now open nationwide for community-led heat-monitoring campaigns
NOAA, health organizations launch fellowship to advance equity in health, climate policy
WHO releases quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
WHO demands urgent integration of health in climate negotiations ahead of COP29
WMO launches 2024 State of Climate Services: Five-year Progress Report (2019–2024)
The final document of the G20 Finance and Health ministerial meeting highlights fighting inequalities and preparing for future pandemics
G20 Health approves ministerial declaration in support of global health and international cooperation
Uniting climate and mental health expertise to enrich research
Recommendations for COP29 from the International Health and Climate Community
Over 2 billion in cities will be exposed to 0.5ºC rise by 2040
New policy from health organization addresses concerning stressor on human health: ‘Must take immediate and decisive action’
MSF and the Lancet Countdown joint brief 2024
Open Rank Professor in Climate Change and Community Health
Greater investment in climate services for health needed for escalating challenges
The 2024 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown
Announcement of COP29 Health Initiatives
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Implementation in Climate Change Affected and Humanitarian Contexts
Faculty Positions in Climate and Population Health Science at Duke University
Mental health in emergencies
Why mental health is a priority for action on climate change
The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Big Bets Climate Fellowship to Asia-Pacific at AsiaXchange 2024
WHO launches global strategic plan to fight rising dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviral diseases
Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative
CLIMOS convene at ISOPS XI to Address Rising Challenges in Phlebotomine Sandfly Research Amid Climate Change
Why water quality is key to health and the economy
Water quality warnings on our smart phones – UK
Wellcome announces US$25mn for climate and health as part of US$50mn commitment to World Health Organisation
The Crucial Connection Between Climate Change and Mental Health
Climate and health data must be integrated
Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program North – Canada
New African Scientific Progress Award Launched
Cities Are on the Front Line of the ‘Climate-Health Crisis.’ A New Report Provides a Framework for Tackling Its Effects
The Rockefeller Foundation Identifies Critical Gaps in City Responses to Climate-induced Health Threats
Alan Dangour on reframing climate change as a health crisis
Social Media & News Data Analysis Shows Urgent Need To Better Communicate the Health Impact of Climate Change
Climate Change is a public health crisis: WHO’s Dr Piukala
How Is Climate Change Promoting Infectious Diseases? A Q&A with Yale’s Dr. James Shepherd
Foundation S at UNGA: Addressing Climate and Health Resilience
Abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to future permafrost thawing
Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems: Lessons from Sierra Leone and Global Perspectives
WHO at UNGA: Call for urgent, high-level action to address global surge of antimicrobial resistance
UAE invited to join group tackling climate effects on health
Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health
Announcement: Program Lead Advancing Leadership
Peru – Minsa brinda atención oportuna a personas afectadas por incendios forestales / Minsa provides care to people affected by forest fires in Peru
FR – Vacancy: Senior Expert in the Health Sector (CERAC)
Vacancy: Senior Health Advisory Consultant – FILE
Towards a weather-ready and climate resilient ASEAN
EU and Canada launch Health Policy Dialogue to advance Health Priorities
Climate change is hard on our lungs. New research aims to help Nova Scotians prepare
A call for solutions-oriented research and policy to protect children from the effects of climate change
Protecting the Arctic and human health: The hidden potential of black carbon
Young Volunteers Champion Health and Climate Awareness in Iraq
UC Davis Health develops a real-time action plan to help patients with lung disease cope with wildfire smoke
Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change
AMA x DEA Webinar 2024: Climate change and sustainability: leadership and action from Australian doctors
New ILO report highlights key role of social protection in climate change mitigation and adaptation and ensuring a just transition
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the second annual session of the UNICEF Executive Board
Connecting dots: Pitt health expert explores intersection of climate change and COVID-19
Q&A: Understanding clean air challenges and solutions
In Pictures – Brazil on Fire: A Fight for Survival
Extreme Weather 101: Your Guide to Staying Prepared and Informed
New Report Sets a Course for Efficient, Climate-Friendly Cooling for All
The positive impact of ULEZ on children’s health and environment
Climate change key driver of extreme drought in water scarce Sicily and Sardinia
Call for event proposals at the COP29 Health Pavilion
New global guidance aims to curb antibiotic pollution from manufacturing
The RISE Grants Challenge: Addressing Gender-based Violence in Climate and Environmental Contexts
Hot, dry and windy conditions that drove devastating Pantanal wildfires 40% more intense due to climate change
Landslide triggered by rainfall made more intense by human-induced climate change, devastating highly vulnerable communities in northern Kerala
Almost half a billion children live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents – UNICEF
NOAA issue National Heat Strategy, provide $200K for extreme heat preparedness
IISD Policy Advisors on Climate and Health
Consultation with health community on the Global Plan of Action on Climate Change and Health
Exploring the link between air quality and mood: a new measure of climate sensitivity
Health Department releases first of seven reports on local health impacts of climate change
Study reveals Canadian wildfires are affecting US air quality and raising health concerns
Exploring the health impacts of climate change
Expert Comment: How can we address the nexus of climate change, migration, and infectious diseases?
Co-designing Strategies to Manage Drought-related Risks in Southern South America
Climate and health data website launched
United Nations Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat
Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Arica: estudio mide brutal impacto de plantas de carbón en enfermedades respiratorias / Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Arica: Study Measures Severe Impact of Coal Plants on Respiratory Diseases
Wildfire Smoke Can Cause Health Problems, Even Death
Las ciudades compactas con mayor población sufren peor calidad del aire y mayores tasas mortalidad / Compact cities with larger populations suffer from worse air quality and higher mortality rates.
PAHO supports emergency response following flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
How One Health can help ease climate-driven health crises
Health-care evacuations are the ‘new normal.’ Here are lessons from Alberta’s last wildfire season
Japan and Senegal join the ATACH, reinforcing their commitment to climate resilient and low carbon sustainable health systems
Fema petitioned to make extreme heat and wildfire smoke major disasters
Climate change, El Niño and infrastructure failures behind massive floods in southern Brazil
Governments must disaster-proof Canada’s hospitals against climate change: experts
Most Surface Ozone Contributing to Premature Mortality in European Countries Is Imported
Digital Health, Primary health care, climate change and antimicrobial resistance, among issues top of the agenda at G20 event in Brazil
Urban planning at the heart of increasingly severe East African flood impacts in a warming world
Increasing April-May rainfall, El Niño and high vulnerability behind deadly flooding in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
What is the link of Climate Change and Health? / ¿Cuál es la conexión entre el cambio climático y la salud?
The unexpected health risks of flooding
Deadly Floods in Brazil Were Worsened by Climate Change, Study Finds
How are diet, food and climate change connected?
Bonn Climate Meeting Must Continue Momentum to Protect Health from Climate Change
Children’s mental health must be prioritised at the first Children’s Dialogue at the UN Climate Negotiations
Explore the indicators of the Lancet Countdown in Europe 2024
WHO Landmark resolution passed on Health and Climate Change
WHO General Programme of Work 2025–2028 prioritizes climate change and health
April Heat Waves from Gaza to the Philippines Were Made Worse by Climate Change
Vacancy: Project Manager, Climate & Health (CDC Foundation)
Call for public comment and author nominations: Sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA6)
Five real-world examples of how climate mitigation can benefit health
Transforming health care’s supply chain with a climate excellence standard
Survey: Examining the Landscape of Green Teams Across Canada
Interior Health named recipient of the 2024 Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award
Nominations for “The Face of Change”
UN officials urge swift action to tackle El Niño-induced extreme weather
Climate Week NYC launches new ‘Health’ theme
Climate health risks posed by floods, droughts and water quality call for urgent action
State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
Why climate change is making parasitic diseases harder to predict
From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere
The 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown warns urgent action is needed to protect health from climate change
Midwives: Heroes on the front lines of the global climate crisis
Vacancy – Senior Policy Officer – Interim Centre for Disease Control Group
Vacancy – Policy Officer, Interim Centre for Disease Control Group
Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the planet too?
Doubled estimate of fatal fungal infections sharpens scientific focus
Global Fever: The Climate-Driven Infectious Diseases Threatening Worldwide Health Systems
WHO Executive Board opens today to discuss priority topics, including health emergencies, antimicrobial resistance, climate change, and universal health
Parking Lots Cause More Heat and Flooding—Here’s How 100 U.S. Cities Rank
Global food production at risk as rising temperatures threaten farmers’ physical ability to work – new study
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat — is climate change making it worse?
Greening the Healthcare Sector in Nepal: lessons learned
Centering Health in a Just Transition – Paving Way for Health-base Climate Actions in Global Climate Negotiations
“Conditions in Europe are starting to become suitable for local transmission of infectious diseases, as we have already seen with Dengue in parts of Southern Europe”
By the end of the century climate change may have claimed over 2 million lives in European cities, but policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions could save most of them
Children are more vulnerable to poor air quality, says Dundee study
New series of educational videos on climate change and health from the ENBEL project
Consultant – Climate Sensitive Health
Mongolia and the One Health Approach
User Perceptions of Drought Indices in North American Climates
The need for green and sustainable healthcare amid climate challenges
5 breakthroughs on climate and health at COP28 – and what comes next
Infectious Disease decision-support tools and Alert systems to build climate Resilience to emerging health Threats
Are pollution alerts reducing infection risks?
Job Offer -Technical Officer (Climate Change Adaptation and Health)
Dengue – Global situation
How the Dire Health Implications of Climate Change Are Unfolding Globally
Digital evidence synthesis tools (DEST) for climate and health: survey
Request for Public Nominations for Authors and Scientific/Technical Inputs for the First National Nature Assessment
Understanding the Lasting Impacts of Climate-Driven Disasters on Children’s Lives
Global health achievements 2023
These are the ways rural Canadians are more vulnerable to climate change
Request for proposals for monitoring climate-resilient WASH
Turning Disaster into Opportunity in Flood-Prone Bangladesh
Longevity Cities Can Improve Human And Planetary Health And Drive Economic Growth
BSC responds to the urgent need to build resilience to climate-related health threats
Enhancing stakeholders’ readiness to address climate change and vector-borne diseases
Climate Change impacts traditional food systems in Kyuquot
Sharing the health benefits of climate solutions can boost public support for change
New hub to gather data on diseases spread by mosquitoes, ticks and other vectors
Health Implications for December 2023 to February 2024 (CIMH)
Climate solutions are already in our nature
GCF, UNDP and WHO join forces to ramp up climate health support for developing countries
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
New Local Climate Adaptation Tool Supports Health and Wellbeing
YSPH study reveals the human health costs of exposure to floods
California wildfires are unleashing dangerous metals from soil, Stanford study shows
Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible
Universal Health Coverage Day 2023
Could restoring riverbanks hold the key to healthier communities?
Leadership for Change: Toward Sustainable Health Systems Course
Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) Program FY2024
Community Change Equitable Resilience Technical Assistance
The Quadripartite launches a guide to support countries implement One Health approach
Assessing drought in a changing climate
Funding opportunities under the Adaptation Fund
THE CLIMATE AND US
NUS announces new efforts to tackle health threats posed by climate change
Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD 100 Million to Test and Scale Climate and Health Solutions Globally
41 Funders, Partners Endorse New Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions to Protect Health
It’s not just extreme weather: ‘Climate-sensitive’ diseases are spreading through the US
At risk: 10 ways the changing climate is creating a health emergency
Pathways to a healthy net-zero future: report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission – The Lancet
Resilience Hub-Registration for our virtual platform is now open!
Reducing air pollution associated with lower risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Calling all healthcare professionals! Healthcare Climate Stories at COP28
EPHEMERAL SUBSTANCES; LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES
The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms
Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study
How we’re using AI to combat floods, wildfires and extreme heat
Climate change is bad for health but climate services save lives
Launch of the 5th call for short films by the Health for All Film Festival!
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency
Climate change is one of our biggest health threats – humanity faces a staggering toll unless we act
WHO urges health professionals, groups and individuals to unite in a call for world leaders to meet their existing commitments and to raise ambition for a healthier, fairer and greener future
COP28 announces Innovative Thematic Program to Progress Action on its Goals across Just Energy Transition, Finance, Health, Lives & Livelihoods And Inclusivity
COP28 Presidency Calls on Governments to Endorse the COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health
September smashes monthly temperature record
GCHA reports: Slashing global methane emissions crucial to human health
Vacancy: Website Content Management Assistant
WHO and UNDP launch US$17.85 million GEF-funded project supporting climate resilient health systems in Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu
Climate change and health: three grand challenges
Heatwaves highlight importance of health early warnings and action plans
WHO trains health workers to battle air pollution and protect global health
Duke Launches Heat Policy Innovation Hub to Safeguard Communities
Dr Vanessa Kerry appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health
WHO and Global Citizen sign partnership to promote health, fight inequity and address health-related risks of climate change
Small islands agree bold plan of action on noncommunicable diseases and mental health
Climate change impacts scar Europe, but increase in renewables signals hope for future
Copernicus Launches Health Hub
How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air
Launch of consultative process towards REACH 2035 Agenda: Research for Action on Climate Change and Health
WHO issues urgent call for global climate action to create resilient and sustainable health systems
Climate Change and Mental Health Project Launches
Wellcome Trust Awards £17.5M for Heat Adaptation Research
WMO updates findings on role of meteorology and air quality in COVID-19 transmission
Call for Experts: WHO Technical Advisory Group on Climate Change, the Environment and Health
WHO issues urgent call for global climate action to resilient create sustainable health systems
WMO Congress agrees to scale up health services
How to create effective and inclusive early warnings: 11 recommendations from research
Open call for Climate Change and Health Policy Case Studies
Opinion: Protection from Climate Change requires Strong Health Systems
Consultancy: Climate, Environment, and Health Country Profiles
