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Special Call for Health Outcomes and Climate-Related Disaster Research

IGES and Its Partners Launch Global Project to Cease Open Waste Burning for Mitigation of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Health Risks

Connect To Nature With Your Parx Prescription And Trca

Enhancing Global Health and Well-Being: WHO and the Netherlands strengthen their Partnership

What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?

Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are

European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction

La Isla Network’s CEO, Jason Glaser, Discusses Worker Health in Extreme Heat on ADAPT Podcast

Q&A: California Nurse and Environmental Health Pioneer Barbara Sattler on Climate Change as a Medical Emergency

One Thing Most Countries Have in Common: Unsafe Air

‘Urgent and sustainable’ action needed to safeguard health: MJA-Lancet Countdown

Singapore’s launch of the Centre for Sustainable Medicine

Joining forces for humans, animals, environment: One Health

A Spiking Fever

One Health nature conservation project in Central Asia

Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke

Making Invisible Problems Visible

WHO releases guidelines and tools to enhance small water supplies

El cambio climático expande por Europa el virus del Nilo Occidental / Climate change spreads West Nile virus across Europe

Convocado el Observatorio de Salud y Cambio Climático en España / The Health and Climate Change Observatory

Remote First Nations communities face climate change pressures

Launch of The Local Climate Adaptation Tool (LCAT)

WHO launches a Repository of systematic reviews on interventions in environment, climate change and health

Launch of Global Online Hub by Connecting Climate Minds

LSHTM launches new Climate and Maternal and Child Health (CLIMACH) special interest group

Call for expressions of interest: Regional hubs for climate change & health

Wellcome opens funding call for Climate Impacts Awards

Climate and Health Education survey in Public Health Schools

Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas

B.C. report says climate change brings health risk, as doctor fears ’colossal harms’

Climate Policy Consultant – Technical support for the LAC regional climate program

CAMS Aerosol Alerts: Atmospheric aerosol data at your fingertips

Global Warming Could Drive Locust Outbreaks into New Regions, Study Warns

Empowering health professionals as leaders in climate action

YSPH Researcher studies climate change’s negative effects on mental health

Chile records its deadliest wildfire in 123 years, may be linked to climate change

Scientists Warn Of Unsuspecting Vehicle For Pathogens Lurking In Earth’s Oceans — Here’s How This Could Impact Human Health

Air Pollution Threatens Millions of Lives. Now the Sources Are Shifting

The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change

‘We don’t know what tomorrow will bring’: how climate change is affecting Fijians’ mental health

Wildfires cause huge loss of life in Chile amid heatwaves in South America

Clean air can become a reality for the Global South

WHO calls for technical experts for support and guidance on global monitoring of wastewater

Climate change has killed 4 million people since 2000 — and that’s an underestimate

‘Deadliest outbreak ever seen’: climate crisis fuels Bangladesh’s worst dengue epidemic

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

Expert Q&A: Preventing climate-driven disease outbreaks

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!

WMO Airborne Dust Bulletin highlights present, future hotspots

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

Southern Africa: Cyclone Freddy aftermath brings diseases, healthcare gaps

UN Water Conference: More investment crucial to access water, sanitation, hygiene for all

Flagship UN report extolls win-win water partnerships to avert global crisis

Extreme weather: UN global early warning initiative ‘fast-tracked into action’

Pakistan: 10 million deprived of safe drinking water in flood-affected areas

AR6 Synthesis Report: Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all

Regional Conference commits to Early Warnings for All in Asia

Health considerations proposed for first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement

WMO steps up action on climate and health

US EPA Announces $21M in Research Grant Funding to Investigate Cumulative Health Impacts of Climate Change on Underserved Communities

WMO seeks case studies on climate services for health

Interview with Joy Shumake-Guillemot: linking climate to health

Call: 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition

Vacancies: Research Fellows in Climate Change and Human Health

Vacancy: Founding Director, Climate and Health Center

New funding to make health impacts of climate change more visible

€13.5 billion in new Horizon Europe funding for research and innovation

Mayors from around the world to meet for first ever ‘healthy cities’ summit

Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements

Kenya: Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County

WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world

Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations

2022 in focus: climate and health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

UNDP, UNDRR and WMO developing new tracking system for hazardous events and disaster losses and damages

Historic biodiversity agreement reached at UN conference

Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all

Atlantic hurricane season ends, impacts continue

New toolkit to help US clinics better deal with heat, hurricanes, wildfires and floods

Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO

COP27 outcomes emphasize early warnings, observations

Eight warmest years on record witness upsurge in climate change impacts

Ten Essential Climate Science Insights for 2022 presented at COP27

New funding announced at COP27 to support early warnings and resilience

Heatwaves, spread of infectious diseases due to climate change growing health threats to Europeans

Experts call for new Coalition on Climate Action for Health

Boosting the provision of essential weather and climate data

Early Warnings for All Action Plan gets overwhelming backing at COP27

Early Warnings for All Action Plan unveiled at COP27

COP27 & Health: World Leaders Must Deliver Plans for Fossil fuel Phase-out and Climate Finance

Health must be front and centre in the COP27 climate change negotiations

Key Findings of the 2022 Report of the Lancet Countdown: Health at the Mercy of Fossil Fuels

Highlights of some health key health events at COP27

(Opinion) World at risk: how malaria, dengue could spread due to climate change

Call for participation: Research Alliance on Climate and Health side event at the 2023 GCC5

WMO report highlights health impacts of climate change in Europe

Updated e-course on Climate Change Negotiations and Health

WHO urges accelerated action to protect human health and combat the climate crisis at a time of heightened conflict and fragility

World Health Day calls for action on Our Planet, Our Health

WHO Case Studies on Climate and Health

WHO Publishes Quality Criteria for Health National Adaptation Plans

New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions

Fiji Launches National Guidelines for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities

Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems: Four key actions to follow in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes

Dynamic WHO dashboard for island states highlights barriers and progress on climate change and health

New international expert panel to address the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases

WHO and UN partners’ compendium of 500 actions aims to reduce diseases from environmental factors and save lives

WHO’s 10 calls for climate action to assure sustained recovery from COVID-19

Many countries are prioritizing health and climate change, but lack funds to take action

COP26 – Direct linkages between climate change, health and migration must be tackled urgently – IOM, WHO, Lancet Migration

Countries commit to develop climate-smart health care at COP26 UN climate conference

U.S. EPA and WHO partner to protect public health

Adaptation Action Coalition Health Launch: Building climate resilient health systems

WHO and WMO Launch Global Knowledge Platform for Climate and Health