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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!

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

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