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Managing heat/cold stress
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
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
Half of global croplands could see a drop in suitable crops at 2C of warming
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
Climate Change, Vaccine Hesitancy and Vector-borne Diseases are Driving Encephalitis
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
World’s record heat is worsening air pollution and health in Global South
Global Fund Unveils Pioneering Climate and Health Fund to Accelerate Global Action
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!
Climate change impacts grip globe in 2024
Global Risks Report 2025: Conflict, Environment and Disinformation Top Threats
These collaborations are already tackling climate-driven health risks but more can be done to find solutions
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
Climate and the IFRC’s 2025 Global Plan
WHO calls for transformative action towards a greener future in pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution
The top global health stories from 2024
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
COP29 Health Pavilion Recap and Recordings
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
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
Greater investment in climate services for health needed for escalating challenges
The 2024 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown
Announcement of COP29 Health Initiatives
Mental health in emergencies
Why mental health is a priority for action on climate change
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
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
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
Climate Change is a public health crisis: WHO’s Dr Piukala
Foundation S at UNGA: Addressing Climate and Health Resilience
WHO at UNGA: Call for urgent, high-level action to address global surge of antimicrobial resistance
Climate and Mental Health Award: Uncovering mechanisms between heat and mental health
Announcement: Program Lead Advancing Leadership
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
Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change
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
New Report Sets a Course for Efficient, Climate-Friendly Cooling for All
New global guidance aims to curb antibiotic pollution from manufacturing
The RISE Grants Challenge: Addressing Gender-based Violence in Climate and Environmental Contexts
Almost half a billion children live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents – UNICEF
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
Exploring the health impacts of climate change
Expert Comment: How can we address the nexus of climate change, migration, and infectious diseases?
United Nations Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat
How One Health can help ease climate-driven health crises
Japan and Senegal join the ATACH, reinforcing their commitment to climate resilient and low carbon sustainable health systems
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
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
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
Five real-world examples of how climate mitigation can benefit health
Nominations for “The Face of Change”
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
Doubled estimate of fatal fungal infections sharpens scientific focus
Deforestation opens paths for disease spread from animals to humans
Commonwealth and PATH rally global leaders for One Health approach in climate battle
Climate change highlights risk of malaria resurgence
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome, and the Gates Foundation Join Forces to Accelerate Global Health Equity and Impact
Call for consultant: Capacity building and technical guidance
Making connections for climate change and mental health
Climate x Health Small Grant Awardees
The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll of climate change
Health and Climate Change
Fostering dialogue on mental health and climate change
Billions of Workers Exposed to Health Hazards Due to Climate Change
This Earth Day we consider the impact of climate change on human health
IGES and Its Partners Launch Global Project to Cease Open Waste Burning for Mitigation of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Health Risks
What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?
Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are
La Isla Network’s CEO, Jason Glaser, Discusses Worker Health in Extreme Heat on ADAPT Podcast
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke
WHO releases guidelines and tools to enhance small water supplies
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
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
Scientists Warn Of Unsuspecting Vehicle For Pathogens Lurking In Earth’s Oceans — Here’s How This Could Impact Human Health
The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
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
WHO Executive Board opens today to discuss priority topics, including health emergencies, antimicrobial resistance, climate change, and universal health
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?
Centering Health in a Just Transition – Paving Way for Health-base Climate Actions in Global Climate Negotiations
New series of educational videos on climate change and health from the ENBEL project
5 breakthroughs on climate and health at COP28 – and what comes next
Dengue – Global situation
How the Dire Health Implications of Climate Change Are Unfolding Globally
Digital evidence synthesis tools (DEST) for climate and health: survey
Understanding the Lasting Impacts of Climate-Driven Disasters on Children’s Lives
Global health achievements 2023
Request for proposals for monitoring climate-resilient WASH
Longevity Cities Can Improve Human And Planetary Health And Drive Economic Growth
New hub to gather data on diseases spread by mosquitoes, ticks and other vectors
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
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?
Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) Program FY2024
The Quadripartite launches a guide to support countries implement One Health approach
Funding opportunities under the Adaptation Fund
THE CLIMATE AND US
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
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!
Calling all healthcare professionals! Healthcare Climate Stories at COP28
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
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
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
Dr Vanessa Kerry appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health
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
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’
AR6 Synthesis Report: Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all
WMO steps up action on climate and health
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
New funding to make health impacts of climate change more visible
Mayors from around the world to meet for first ever ‘healthy cities’ summit
Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements
WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world
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
Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO
COP27 outcomes emphasize early warnings, observations
Ten Essential Climate Science Insights for 2022 presented at COP27
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
Health must be front and centre in the COP27 climate change negotiations
(Opinion) World at risk: how malaria, dengue could spread due to climate change
WHO urges accelerated action to protect human health and combat the climate crisis at a time of heightened conflict and fragility
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
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
Countries commit to develop climate-smart health care at COP26 UN climate conference
WHO and WMO Launch Global Knowledge Platform for Climate and Health
