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Climate and Health Outlook for December 2024
Scoping report for the thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (nexus assessment) with revised chapter structure
Las funciones esenciales de la salud pública ambiental. Un marco para poner en marcha la Agenda de las Américas sobre salud, medioambiente y cambio climático 2021-2030 / The essential functions of environmental public health: A framework for implementing the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021-2030
Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems 2024
Chapter 4. Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life
Plan andino de salud y cambio climático 2020-2025 / Andean Health and Climate Change Plan 2020-2025
World malaria report 2024
People in a Changing Climate: From Vulnerability to Action
The State of the World’s Children 2024
Young People’s Guide to Climate Change and Children’s Health
Adverse Weather and Health Plan Protecting health from weather related harm 2024-2025
Initiative on climate action and nutrition (I-CAN)
Quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
COP29 Special Report on Climate and Health: Health is the argument for climate action
2024 State of Climate Services: Five-year Progress Report (2019–2024)
A COP29 for People and Planet
World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action
Joint brief The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change & Médecins Sans Frontières
Global research agenda on health, migration and displacement: strengthening research and translating research priorities into policy and practice
Technical Note on Linking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
Mental Health And Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance
Mental Health ATLAS 2020
WHA77 Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly Resolution
Review of Health in National Adaptation Plans
Born into the Climate Crisis: Why we must act now to secure children’s rights
Global strategic preparedness, readiness and response plan for dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviruses September 2024 – September 2025
Co-Designing the Foundations of a Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Community of Practice
People Exposed to Climate Change: June-August 2024
U.S Climate and Health Outlook: October 2024
Designing For Natural Hazards: A Resilience Guide For Builders & Developers – U.S
The Cost Of Fossil Gas: The Health, Economic And Environmental Implications For Cities
Heat and Health: Action Statement from the Global Heat Health Information Network
Urban Climate-Health Action: A New Approach to Protecting Health in the Era of Climate Change
Ocean Observing System Report Card 2023
From Risk to Resilience: Unlocking Climate and Health Finance for Local Health Adaptation
World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition
Resilient Cities Network 2022-2023 Impact Report
WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin
Australia National Health and Climate Strategy
Guidance on wastewater and solid waste management for manufacturing of antibiotics
CCC Mid-Program Impact Report
U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative: Climate Framework
Climate Change and Health in Durham Region: Understanding the local health impacts of climate change
United Nations Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat
A Threat to Progress: Confronting the effects of climate change on child health and well-being
Detection & Attribution of Climate Change Impacts on Human Health
Resilient Cities at the Intersection of Climate and Health
UN General Assembly resolution: Sustainable, safe and universal water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in health care facilities
Supporting people when air quality is heavily impacted by bushfire smoke
Health Canada: Wildfire smoke with extreme heat
The Canadian Poverty, Health Equity, and Climate Change Initiative – Year 1 Check-in
State of Global Air Report 2024
City Climate Action Plan Analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean
Report at a glance: Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate
WHO Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework (ESSF)
Health, Climate and Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Responding to climate change impacts on human health in Europe: focus on floods, droughts and water quality
State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
Urban adaptation in Europe: what works?
Water and sanitation interventions to prevent and control mosquito borne disease: focus on emergencies
The Increasing Risks to Our People-Powered Economy
European State of the Climate 2023
Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate
National climate hazard indices for health: WHO technical report
Our changing planet: The U.S. global change research program for fiscal year 2021
The FY2021 edition of USGCRP’s annual report to Congress, Our Changing Planet, responds to the Global Change Research Act mandate to provide an overview of the Program’s progress in delivering on its strategic goals as well as a summary of agency expenditures under USGCRP’s budget crosscut.
Opportunities for expanding and improving climate information and services for the public
This report was developed for the National Climate Task Force by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, NOAA, and FEMA, with input from a number of federal agencies, in response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14008, to identify opportunities for expanding and improving climate information to better enable the public to prepare for climate change. This report outlines a vision for advancing the development, communication, and accessibility of climate services through a whole-of-government approach, including close collaboration between science providers and science users.
Public health and health care partner workshop summary report
From August 31 – September 2, 2020, the U S Environmental Protection Agency’s Ofce of Research and Development (EPA-ORD) held a virtual workshop with public health, health care, and health care system practitioners to discuss environmental health priorities within their felds and with their organizational members and to build relationships for future dialogue and collaboration on specifc topics Using a mind mapping exercise, workshop participants identifed six environmental areas of concern: built environment; climate change; environmental justice and equity; natural environment; occupational environment; and research, data, and implementation Conversations during the workshop around the mind mapping results led to a greater understanding of how environmental health concerns are intensifed during public health crises (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) and existing cross-cutting environmental health issues that impact each area of concern [which include lead (Pb), environmental justice and equity, children’s health, mental health, and community design]. Opportunities were also identifed for cross-sector and crossdisciplinary communication, engagement, and collaboration (such as establishing partnerships in non-emergency times to help weather public health crises, training and workforce development, information sharing, and communication and risk communication). The information from this workshop can help EPA-ORD and its partners better understand mutual areas of interest and identify opportunities for more targeted cross-disciplinary discussions around the specifc environmental health topics of mutual concern.
Seasonality and climate change: A review of observed evidence in the United States
The Earth’s climate is changing. Multiple lines of evidence show changes in our weather, oceans, ecosystems, and seasonal events. This technical report summarizes the current state of the science on observed changes related to seasonality in the United States and discusses how climate change affects the timing and nature of seasonal events. The report uses several key indicators sensitive to and related to seasonality as a framework for understanding the implications of a changing climate over time. The indicators are based on long-term observations and reveal the many dimensions of seasonal events, including critical connections between physical changes and biological responses. The report provides examples of how changes in seasonality affect ecological and human systems, as well as our everyday lives.
Summary of input from state, territory, and tribal partners for OAR’s FY 2023-2024 national program guidance
In September 2021, the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) offered the opportunity for national, state, local, and Tribal air, public health, and radiation associations to provide early input to inform the development of the OAR National Program Guidance (NPG) for FY 2023-2024 via letters of invitation. OAR received four sets of comments and shared that input with its offices and other national program offices, where relevant.
Findings on disproportionate risks of climate change to Black and African American individuals
This is a one-page summary of findings from EPA’s report Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts related to disproportionate risks of climate change to Black and African American individuals.
Findings on disproportionate risks of climate change to low income individuals
This is a one-page summary of findings from EPA’s report Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts related to disproportionate risks of climate change to low income individuals.
Fiscal year 2022: Oversight plan
Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts. Appendix B: Climate change and social vulnerability
Communities, climate change, and health equity: Proceedings of a workshop—in brief
As the effects of climate change become more widespread and significant, communities least able to respond are bearing the largest burden. In the United States, communities disadvantaged by a legacy of racial segregation and environmental injustice struggle with disparate health outcomes, are vulnerable to the effects of climate change (e.g., severe flooding in low-lying areas and extreme heat in urban neighborhoods), and lack sufficient resources to recover from and rebuild for resilience against future events. On October 12 and 14, 2021, the 2-day virtual workshop “Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity – A New Vision” brought together environmental health experts, resilience practitioners, climate scientists, and people with lived experience to discuss the disproportionate impact of climate change on communities experiencing health disparities and environmental injustice. During the workshop, the first in a four-part series, 41 speakers shared their perspectives on the topic and suggested specific actions that decision-makers can take to address the intersecting crises of climate change and health inequity. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency-wide climate and health task force FY 2022 strategic framework
EPA’s Fiscal Year 2022 top management challenges
Final recommendations: Justice40 climate and economic justice screening tool and executive order 12898 revisions
EMS disaster response
The disaster cycle involves four phases: preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation. The cycle illustrates the steps that emergency managers take when planning for and responding to a disaster. Preparation is the phase where response plans are constructed. The response is the phase where there is immediate action to limit the hazards created by the disaster. Recovery is the effort to return a community to pre-disaster levels of functioning. Mitigation is the phase where new measures are undertaken to prevent or minimize the effects of future disasters. Some sources refer to the mitigation phase as “prevention.” To meaningfully discuss disaster response, it is essential also to discuss disaster and disaster management. Though there exists no consensus definition of disaster, the various definitions published by organizations and agencies at the forefront of disaster management have overlapping concepts. A disaster is a state in which the usual, normal day-to-day human activities within a determined geographic area cease indefinitely. It is defined by a severe disruption in the basic structure and function of a society. This abnormal state is triggered by some extraordinary circumstance, either occurring naturally or as the result of human activity. A disaster is the consequence of a sudden event or series of events of grand magnitude, which results in injury, disease, illness, loss of life, destruction of property, and/or damage to critical infrastructure and essential services. The precipitating event may be natural, i.e., natural disasters (e.g., tornado, hurricane, drought, famine, earthquake, landslides, infectious disease outbreaks, etc.) or man-made. Man-made events may be unintentional (fires, building collapses, nuclear reactor meltdowns) or intentional (terrorism, sabotage, cyber-attacks, conflict-based). In recent times, both man-made and natural disasters have occurred at an increasing frequency. Due to its scale and dimension, a disaster exceeds the emergency management capacity of local organizations and agencies, thus necessitating external assistance. That assistance may come from the state, national, and/or international levels. The rapid, immediate, and short-term actions circumjacent to a disaster are known as disaster response. Disaster response is one of the core activities of disaster management. It involves the execution of a disaster plan in the event of a disaster.
2021 environmental justice small grants program project summaries by EPA region
The Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) Program provides funding directly to community-based organizations and tribes for projects that help residents of underserved communities understand and address local environmental and public health issues. The term “underserved community” refers to a community with environmental justice concerns and/or vulnerable populations, including people of color, low income, rural, tribal, indigenous, and homeless populations. The long-term goals of the program are to support underserved communities in their efforts to build their overall capacity and create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will improve local environments in the future. In 2021, 99 organizations nationwide were selected to receive awards totaling approximately $7.4 million in grant funding. Individual grants are for up to $75,000 each for one-year projects. These grants will benefit communities in 37 different states, as well as Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
Consideration of climate resilience in the Superfund cleanup process for non-federal national priorities list sites
This memorandum recommends approaches for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) regions to consider when evaluating climate resilience throughout the remedy selection and implementation process for sites proposed or currently listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). Consideration of climate resilience in the Superfund cleanup process should be carried out in a manner consistent with CERCLA as well as the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) and EPA policy and guidance documents. This memorandum supplements the Agency’s existing policy statements addressing climate
resilience activities, tools, considerations and technical information found in fact sheets; however, it does not amend or modify the NCP in any way. Consideration of climate resilience should not be treated as a new criterion under 40 CFR §300.430(e)(9)(iii)).
2021 WHO health and climate change survey report
This report provides a vital snapshot of the overall progress that governments have made in the field of health and climate change to date, as well as insight into what work remains in order to protect their populations from the most devastating health impacts of climate change. The health and climate change country survey is conducted every three years and in addition to tracking global progress, the national data are presented in the health and climate change country profiles. 95 countries participated in the 2021 survey. The survey is sent to the national health authorities, who in collaboration with other relevant ministries and stakeholders, provide updated information on key areas including: leadership and governance, national vulnerability and adaptation assessments, emergency preparedness, disease surveillance, adaptation and resilience measures, climate and health finance, and mitigation in the health sector. Regular updates on key health and climate change indicators provide insight into the implementation of policies and plans, the status of assessments of health vulnerability and capacity to respond to climate change and better understand the barriers to achieving health adaptation and mitigation priorities. The 2021 global survey report provides an update to the 2017/2018 survey, and was published at the COP26 UN climate conference in November 2021.
Microbes and climate change – science, people & impacts: Report on an American Academy of Microbiology virtual colloquium held on November 5, 2021
Climate change is unarguably a critical existential threat to humanity in the 21st century. As the most abundant organisms on Earth, microorganisms make considerable contributions to and are greatly affected by a changing climate. Microbes are major drivers of elemental cycles (such are carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus), important producers and consumers of greenhouse gases, and pertinent pathogens of humans, animals, and plants. While the threat of climate change looms large, conversations about the relationship between it and microorganisms are still rare outside of the microbial sciences community. To understand fully how our climate may change in the future, it is important to learn how a changing climate will impact microbes and their relationships with humans and their environment, as well as incorporate microbial processes into climate models. This report is based on the deliberations of experts who participated in a colloquium on 5 November 2021 organized by the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and think tank within the American Society for Microbiology. These experts came from diverse disciplines and sectors and provided multifaceted perspectives and insights. Over the course of the discussion, the group made several major recommendations for academic, policy, and market partners to promote innovation for microbe-driven climate change solutions that support human well-being.
Climate change and social vulnerability in the United States: A focus on six impacts
U.S. climate change policy
Climate adaptation action plan: October 2021
Department of Defense climate risk analysis
Climate change is reshaping the geostrategic, operational, and tactical environments with significant implications for U.S. national security and defense. Increasing temperatures; changing precipitation patterns; and more frequent, intense, and unpredictable extreme weather conditions caused by climate change are exacerbating existing risks and creating new security challenges for U.S. interests. The risks of climate change to Department of Defense (DoD) strategies, plans, capabilities, missions, and equipment, as well as those of U.S. allies and partners, are growing. Global efforts to address climate change – including actions to address the causes as well as the effects – will influence DoD strategic interests, relationships, competition, and priorities. To train, fight, and win in this increasingly complex environment, DoD will consider the effects of climate change at every level of the DoD enterprise. The DoD Climate Risk Analysis (DCRA) responds to requirements specified in Executive Order (EO) 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” The DCRA is organized as follows:
– Section I introduces key security implications of climate change to DoD, including DoD’s role supporting whole-of-government and international efforts in concert with allies and partners.
– Section II reviews DoD climate policy and responsibilities, highlighting key documents.
– Section III presents a review of climate hazards, risks, and security implications. Sections on specific regions have been identified as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and not releasable to the public. These sections were removed to allow this to be a publicly-releasable document.
– Section IV outlines how DoD will incorporate consideration of climate into relevant strategy, planning, and processes.
– Section V describes interagency scientific and intelligence products and experts, which could support future analyses of climate risk, as well as expected funding for exercises, wargames, analyses, and studies related to climate change.
– Section VI concludes the DCRA.
The DCRA is an important step towards integration of climate change considerations at DoD. To understand specific climate effects on plans, resourcing, operations, and missions, DoD Components will include climate considerations in relevant risk analyses, leveraging high-quality data, scenarios, and analytical tools tailored to DoD needs. Working within the whole-of-government, and in coordination with allies and partners, DoD will strive to prevent, mitigate, account for, and respond to defense and security risks associated with climate change.
EMS emergency incident rehabilitation
Historically, firefighting has been a hazardous profession and in response, many departments and national organizations have adopted rehabilitation protocols to minimize excess risk. Fire rehab is a coordinated plan to ensure firefighters, who encounter extremes of temperature, exposure, and exertion, do not develop significant illnesses related to exertion or exposure. Fire rehab can vary from simple temperature management and oral rehydration to aggressive medical treatments and transport to a higher level of care. Fire rehab is continually evolving as our understanding of physiologic responses to exertion and exposure change, technologies evolve, and risk tolerance adjusts. Fire rehab services have a varying structure, depending on the service and the region. Small, rural fire services may have few responders with medical training and coordinate with local EMS agencies to assist or oversee rehab. Some fire services have a sufficient number of trained EMS providers and coordinate their own rehab, including transport to health care facilities. Large services may have highly scalable rehab plans that include multiple rehabilitation units operating under a coordinating officer. Over the years, a group of central resources has been created that provides education and guidance on fire rehab. In 1987, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released its Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, which comprehensively addressed common dangers and protective measures for firefighters. In 1992, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) published the short report FA-114, Emergency Incident Rehabilitation, which included a sample standard operating procedure (SOP) for fire rehab. A textbook bearing the same title was released in 1997, providing further details of the science and reasoning for the fire rehab protocols. USFA published an updated SOP, and much more comprehensive, report on Emergency Incident Rehabilitation in 2008. NFPA 1584, Recommended Practice on the Rehabilitation of Members Operating at Incident Scene Operations and Training Exercises was issued in 2003, establishing guidelines for fire services. These recommendations were upgraded to standards in a 2008 update and again updated in 2015, with carbon monoxide monitoring added to recommended practices. It is important to delineate that fire rehabilitation, when discussed in the context of wildfires, relates to the ecological recovery of an affected area, not the physiological recovery of humans working to contain fires. The subject of the ecological recovery after a wildfire is addressed in other literature and will not be covered in this article.
Heat-related emergency department visits during the northwestern heat wave – United States, June 2021
Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts. Appendix F: Labor
Heat stroke
Heat-related illness is a spectrum of conditions progressing from heat exhaustion, heat injury, to life-threatening heat stroke. Heat stroke is a clinical constellation of symptoms that include a severe elevation in body temperature which typically, but not always, is greater than 40°C. Also, there must be clinical signs of central nervous system dysfunction that may include ataxia, delirium, or seizures, in the setting of exposure to hot weather or strenuous physical exertion. Risk factors include environmental variables, medications, drug use, and other medical comorbidities.
Heat illness
The disorders of hyperthermia, also known as heat-related injury or illness, exist on a continuum, which is marked by dysregulation of the body’s thermoregulatory capacity. This condition can vary both in presentation and in severity, from benign conditions, including heat cramps and heat edema, to life-threatening hyperthermia, also known as heatstroke. This article will discuss non-life-threatening heat-related illnesses. It is essential to be able to identify and manage these conditions appropriately as moderate hyperthermia can progress to life-threatening heatstroke. As such, including these injuries in medical decision-making, prompt identification, and appropriate treatment is important. This article will also review the epidemiology, including at-risk populations, red-flag features of patient presentations, treatment options and strategies, and preventative techniques, which all play a significant role in decreasing the morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs associated with these injuries.
Our risk for infectious diseases is increasing because of climate change
As the nation’s public health leader, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is actively engaged in a national effort to protect the public’s health from the harmful effects of climate change. Scientists from CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) are at the forefront of many of these efforts. This report highlights some of that work and also looks ahead to the important work yet to come. Lyme disease, West Nile virus disease, and Valley fever. These are just some of the infectious diseases that are on the rise and spreading to new areas of the United States. Milder winters, warmer summers, and fewer days of frost make it easier for these and other infectious diseases to expand into new geographic areas and infect more people. To understand climate change’s impact, it’s important to look at some of the common ways these diseases spread—through mosquito and tick bites, contact with animals, fungi, and water.
EPA announces clean truck plans
Heavy-duty trucks and buses continue to contribute significantly to air pollution at the local, regional, and national level, often disproportionally affecting communities of color and low-income populations.
To ensure the progress needed on cleaning trucks and buses and to harness improvements in vehicle technologies, EPA will issue two major regulations over the next three years—the “Clean Trucks Plan” that will result in decreasing emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles, including long-haul tractors, buses, commercial delivery trucks, and many other types of trucks. These new rules will be major steps towards improving air quality and addressing the climate crisis.
EMS catastrophic events
Catastrophic events can range from natural disasters such as Hurricane Maria which devastated Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017[1] to mass casualty terrorist attacks such as when the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001. Hydrometeorological catastrophes such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods are predictable. On the other hand, geologic disasters such as earthquakes are not. Many natural disasters affect the entire infrastructure from buildings, roads, electricity, and communication. While natural disasters can affect all, they disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable. Terrorist attacks will usually affect urban areas as they have an intentional goal to cause as many victims as possible. Complex humanitarian emergencies result in deaths from violence as well as disease. A multi-casualty incident (MCI) is an event in which the resources available (rescue personnel, healthcare providers, facilities, and equipment) are insufficient to deal with the incident. In a disaster, not only are there not enough resources, but there is a complete breakdown in communication and the ability to deliver these resources. The local rescue workers and health care personnel, may themselves become the victims or be unable to arrive at work. The local health care facilities may be damaged or destroyed.
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis
Frameworks for protecting workers and the public from inhalation hazards
Individuals in the United States and Americans abroad are exposed to inhalation hazards from a variety of sources, and these hazards can have both short- and long-term adverse effects on health. For example, exposure to wildfire smoke, which contains particulate matter and toxic chemicals, can lead to respiratory problems, increased risk for heart attacks, and other adverse health outcomes. Individuals also may be exposed to airborne infectious agents through aerosol or droplet transmission, and as demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the individual and public health consequences of these exposures can be severe. Storms, floods, and hurricanes can increase exposure to moisture-driven hazards, such as mold, and to accidental releases from production facilities or transport vehicles that may result in chemical exposures. The current regulatory system is focused primarily on ensuring access to respiratory protection in occupational settings characterized by well-defined hazards and employer-employee relationships. With this narrow regulatory focus, the respiratory protection needs of the public and many workers are not being met. As climate change increases the incidence and severity of wildfires, hurricanes, floods, infectious disease outbreaks, and other phenomena that impact air quality and human health, it is imperative that the United States ensure that the respiratory protection needs of the public and all workers are met. Recognizing the urgent need to address the gaps in the nation’s ability to meet the respiratory protection needs of the public and workers without workplace respiratory protection programs, this report makes recommendations for a framework of responsibilities and authorities that would provide a unified and authoritative source of information and effective oversight for the development, approval, and use of respiratory protection.
EMS methods to cool a patient in the field
Hyperthermia is defined as a body temperature greater than 40 degrees C. Several conditions can cause hyperthermia. In sepsis, the immunologic reaction to the infection most often manifests as a fever. Some toxic ingestions and withdrawal states can cause elevated body temperature. Certain medications can cause a hyperthermic response, such as in neuroleptic malignant syndrome. The most common disease that can be treated by cooling alone is heat-related illness and heat stroke. Heat-related illness is a spectrum of disease that occurs when the body’s thermoregulatory system does not work properly. Heat exhaustion is characterized by elevated core body temperature associated with orthostatic hypotension, tachycardia, diaphoresis, and tachypnea. Heat stroke is defined as elevated core body temperature plus central nervous system involvement (delirium, decreased the level of consciousness, or ataxia). Heat-related illness most often affects athletes (exertional hyperthermia), but can also occur during the warm weather months or in locations with extreme temperatures. Patients with impaired thermoregulation (those at extremes of age, the obese or mentally ill) are at higher risk. The definitive treatment for heat-related illness is total body cooling. Conduction and evaporation are the two modes of cooling employed in the treatment of heat-related illness. Studies have shown ice water immersion to be the most effective and most rapid. However, there are obvious barriers to performing this in an emergency department. Marathons and other athletic events that have frequent heat-related illness sometimes have this capability. Evaporation (mist and fan) is the second most rapid way to cool a patient. Ice packs to the groin, axilla, neck, and areas near other great vessels have been shown to be less effective. Cooled intravenous fluids have been studied, but there is no clear consensus regarding their benefit (preservation of neurologic function) versus potential harm (induced shivering), but they may be considered. This article will discuss the procedure for performing evaporative cooling with other adjuncts in the field. The priority in heat-related illness is early recognition and intervention. Military and sports literature has identified 40 degrees C as the target, and the faster the target is achieved, the lower the patient mortality.
Climate change impacts on Ixodes ricinus ticks in Scotland and implications for lyme disease risk
Findings on disproportionate risks of climate change to Asian individuals and Pacific Islanders
This is a one-page summary of findings from EPA’s report Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts related to disproportionate risks of climate change to Asian individuals and Pacific Islanders.
Research and Action Agenda on Climate Change and Mental Health for Small Farmers and Fisher Peoples
Our Lands, Our Minds: Research and Action Agenda on Indigenous Mental Health in a Changing Climate
Climate Change and Mental Health: An Introductory Toolkit for Researchers
Youth Research and Action Agenda: Vulnerability and Resilience in the Generation Inheriting the Climate Crisis
Integrating Sustainability into Healthcare Quality Improvement Education
Sustainable Perioperative Care
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation in Canadian Healthcare
Climate Conscious Inhaler Practices in Inpatient Care
Sustainable Kidney Care
Communicating on Climate Change and Health: Toolkit for health professionals
Business Action for Adaptation & Resilience
Guidelines for drinking-water quality: small water supplies
Early Warnings For All
Proyecto AdaptaClima | Intercambio de experiencias entre los proyectos regionales AdaptaClima y ACC río Uruguay
The climate-changed child: A Children’s Climate Risk Index supplement
Children displaced in a changing climate
Assessing Environmental Lead Exposure in Resource-Constrained Settings
State of the past and future UK climate – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
VCH Chief Medical Health Officer Report 2023: Protecting Population Health in a Climate Emergency
Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Children and Youth Report 2023
Global Cooling Watch 2023
Sustainability Benchmark Data
Health Care And The Climate Crisis: Preparing America’s Health Care Infrastructure
Education for sustainable healthcare within UK pre-registration curricula for allied health professions
Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health
Indicators for climate change and public health tracking – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Chapter 14. Net zero: health impacts of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Solar radiation and public health – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Impact of climate change on human exposure to chemicals in the UK – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
The direct and indirect effects of drought on human health in the UK – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Wildfires and health – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Climate change and food supply – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on vectors and vectorborne diseases in the UK – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Effect of climate change on infectious diseases in the UK – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Outdoor airborne allergenic pollen and fungal spores – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Impacts of climate change and policy on air pollution and human health – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) in the UK – State of the evidence 2023
Impact of climate change policies on indoor environmental quality and health in UK housing – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
Climate change, flooding, coastal change and public health – Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) in the UK
How the National Health and Climate Strategy supports health and saves lives
Mozambique Country Climate and Development Report
First Four Climate-Sensitive Indicators
Unlivable: What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia’s Cities
Netherlands Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Data Sheet 2023
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change – Policy brief for the UK
FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022-2031
Salud y cambio climático:¿cómo proteger la salud de las personas frente a la crisis climática?
COP28 UAE Declaration on climate and health
Arctic Report Card 2023
A Global Review of Research on Effective Advocacy and Communication Strategies at the Intersection of Climate Change and Health
A summary of the IFRC guide on climate-smart programmes and humanitarian operations
Promoting Human Health through the Global Biodiversity Framework: Linking Forests and Human Health in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
How public health should bridge justice gaps, break silos and promote health co-benefits
Impact of climate change in health in Colombia and recommendations for mitigation and adaptation
Temperature effects on mortality in a changing climate – Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK
A guide to implementing the One Health Joint Plan of Action at national level
World malaria report 2023
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
Assessing drought in a changing climate
Climate Change and Health: Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
Investing in Health and Social Protection Systems: A Proposed Investment Agenda Towards the SDGs
How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Inhaler Prescribing – A Guide for Healthcare Professionals in the UK
The Green Theatre Checklist to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Operating Theatres
Health Care Climate Footprint
“Fan-First” Cooling – a low-carbon way to improve heat resilience in a changing climate
Climate-Resilient Water Safety Plans: Managing Health Risks Associated with Climate Variability and Change
Mainstreaming Gender in Health Adaptation to Climate Change Programmes
Technical Series on Adapting to Climate-Sensitive Health Impacts: Diarrhoeal Diseases
Global Roadmap for Health Care Decarbonization
UNOPS Sustainable Procurement Framework
Greener NHS: Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service
Designing a Net Zero Roadmap for Healthcare: Technical methodology and Guidance
Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments: Workbook for the Canadian Health Sector
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation in Canadian Healthcare
Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems
Summary for decision-makers to address gaps in climate science and services for health: 2023 State of Climate Services for Health Companion Document
COP28 Prospectus of Climate & Health Solutions
Protecting maternal, newborn and child health from the impacts of climate change: call for action
Red and processed meat in the context of health and the environment: many shades of red and green: information brief
Global assessment of soil pollution: Report
Understanding the compound risk of heat, humidity and air pollution on human health: A scoping review
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
2023 State of Climate Services – Health
Drought risk management and mitigation strategy 2022-2032
Advancing Environmentally Sustainable Health Research
State of Global Water Resources report 2022
Climate change and public health indicators: scoping review
Review of Current Comprehensive Heat Vulnerability and Adaptation Indices: USA Regional Differences and Gaps in Knowledge
Mitigating Methane from the Waste Sector: a Global Health Strategy
Mitigating Methane from the Energy Sector: a Global Health Strategy
Mitigating Methane from Food and Agriculture: a Global Health Strategy
Mitigating Methane: a Global Health Strategy – Overview
2023 WHO review of health in nationally determined contributions and long-term strategies: health at the heart of the Paris Agreement
Guidance Notes on Prevention of Heat Stroke at Work
Reporting on Heatwaves and the Health Impacts of Heat
Technical Brief: Health and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Zero regrets: scaling up action on climate change mitigation and adaptation for health in the WHO European Region, second edition. Key messages from the Working Group on Health in Climate Change
WHO ambient air quality database, 2022 update: status report
Protecting Children from Heat Stress: A technical note
Final Communication of the WMO COVID-19 Task Team
Addressing climate change: Supplement to the WHO Water, Sanitation and Hygiene strategy 2018–2025
A framework for the quantification and economic valuation of health outcomes originating from health and non-health climate change mitigation and adaptation action
Earth Observation, Public Health and One Health: Activities, Challenges and Opportunities
Inclusive Early Warning Briefing Note Series
Health benefits of raising ambition in Colombia’s nationally determined contribution (NDC): WHO technical report
AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023
How Is India Adapting to Heatwaves?: An Assessment of Heat Action Plans With Insights for Transformative Climate Action
Environmental Stewardship: An implementation guide for boards, executive leaders, and clinical staff: Meeting hospital standards and beyond
Environmental Stewardship: An implementation guide for boards, management, and clinical staffL meeting long term care standards and beyond
Primary Protection: Enhancing Health Care Resilience for a Changing Climate
Final Report from the G7 Health Communiqué to Action: Health and Climate – Heat Preparedness through Early Warning Systems
Sectoral guide: Health & wellbeing
United In Science 2022: A multi-organization high-level compilation of the most recent science related to climate change, impacts and responses
Extreme heat: Preparing for the heat waves of the future
What is the Right to a Healthy Environment? Information Note
Considerations Regarding the Naming of Heatwaves – Technical Brief
Strong systems and sound investments: Evidence on and key insights into accelerating progress on sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene – UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2022 Report
World Malaria Report 2022
Climate change and health: the national policy overview in Europe
Background report from the G7 Health Communiqué to Action: Health and Climate – Heat Preparedness through Early Warning Systems
Reducing Exposure to Air and Water Pollution Due to Volcanic Eruptions
WHO Policy Brief: Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
WHO Policy Brief: Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs)
WHO Policy Brief: Loss and Damage
WHO Policy Brief: Climate Change, Health & Intergenerational Equity
Provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022
Climate change as a threat to health and well-being in Europe: focus on heat and infectious diseases
Climate Change Impacts on the Health of Canadians
Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk
The State of the Global Climate 2021
From Pollution to Solution in Africa’s Cities: The case for investing in air pollution and climate change together
The IAI Compendium on Climate Change Impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean
The coldest year of the rest of their lives: Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves
The State of Nationally Determined Contributions: 2022
The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels
Meteorological and Air Quality (MAQ) Services for COVID-19 Risk Reduction and Management: Recommendations for national meteorological and hydrological services
WHO-WMO Joint Programme of Work: 2019-2022 Highlights Report
Dust Mitigation Handbook
WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin No. 2 – September 2022
Feeling the Heat: How California’s Workplace Heat Standards Can Inform Stronger Protections Nationwide
Compendio de clima y salud: resúmenes ejecutivos
Nota Técnica: Escenarios de ocurrencia de dengue y malaria a nivel nacional en clima futuro
Resumen ejecutivo sobre la inclusión de servicios climáticos para la formulación de políticas públicas para el sector salud
Identificación de parámetros para el análisis de vulnerabilidad en el sector salud por peligros climáticos
UV Index – Croatia
Climate Atlas of Croatia
Información sobre radiación solar UV en Argentina como base para distintas aplicaciones
Sistema de Alerta Temprana por Temperaturas Extremas Frío (SAT-TE Frío) – Argentina
Sistema de Alerta Temprana por Temperaturas Extremas Calor (SAT-TE Calor): la evolución del SAT-OCS – Argentina
Cold Wave: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Wildfire: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Heatwave: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Drought: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Sea-Level Rise: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Storms: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Floods: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change
Developing Climate Information Systems for Heat Health Early Warning: Workshop report, action plan and requirements
Desert Dust Outbreak in the Canary Islands (February 2020): Assessment and Impacts
The Izaña Observatory is world-renowned as a pioneer in the studies of mineral dust and its impact on the environment. It is ideally located to serve as a Centre of excellence in future aerosol research and continue to lead research on mineral dust and its role in climate change. Due to the extensive experience available in the Canary Islands and specifically in the Izaña Observatory, in undertaking studies on Sahara mineral dust, it was considered appropriate to carry out a comprehensive multidisciplinary study of the 22-24 February 2020 dust outbreak that severely affected the archipelago. The 22-24 February 2020 dust outbreak, the most intense since there are records in the Canary Islands, is the ideal candidate for this type of study. The increase in the frequency and intensity of adverse meteorological phenomena as a consequence of climate change and global warming requires atmospheric researchers to work together with specialists from other disciplines to be able to assess the impact that adverse meteorological events, such as dust outbreaks, can have on numerous socio-economic activities, and to estimate if possible, their economic cost.
Caracterización de las intrusiones de polvo en Canarias
Aerosol atmosférico es un término general utilizado para describir partículas sólidas secas suspendidas en la atmósfera que pueden presentar tamaños desde submicrométricos hasta varias decenas de micras. Los aerosoles pueden viajar miles de kilómetros y tener graves impactos en la salud pública mundial además de degradar la calidad del aire y ocasionar efectos negativos sobre el medio ambiente y algunas actividades económicas. La proximidad de Canarias al continente africano convierte a las islas en un área de elevado interés por la frecuencia de las intrusiones de polvo mineral desértico y el impacto que produce en la población; por tanto, es de suma relevancia la caracterización de las intrusiones de polvo desértico que afectan al archipiélago canario.
En el capítulo 1 de esta nota técnica se exponen generalidades y conceptos básicos del polvo mineral atmosférico. En el capítulo 2 se desarrolla la metodología utilizada y se describen la red de observación y las series históricas de PM10. En el capítulo 3 se presentan los resultados de la caracterización de las intrusiones de polvo desértico en Canarias que incluyen datos relevantes sobre la duración de los eventos, el efecto de las intrusiones en la calidad del aire y la caracterización de los valores PM10 de fondo. En el capítulo 4 se exponen varios casos de estudio que muestran distintos tipos de eventos de intrusión de polvo en Canarias. El capítulo 5 recoge las conclusiones principales de este trabajo. El capítulo 6 incluye una guía básica que pretende servir de ayuda a la hora de afrontar un posible evento de intrusión de polvo desértico.
Aerobiología y alergias respiratorias de Tenerife
Esta publicación resume los resultados obtenidos en casi cinco años del proyecto de “Impacto de las intrusiones atmosféricas africanas en la calidad del aire en Canarias y de la Península Ibérica” (2004-2009), entre los que cabe destacar una caracterización completa de los pólenes y esporas de hongos muestreados en el aire de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, la elaboración de predicciones semanales de pólenes y esporas de hongos, así como la obtención de un calendario polínico de utilidad para aquellos profesionales de la medicina que trabajan en alergias y afecciones respiratorias, y para los ciudadanos de Santa Cruz de Tenerife y visitantes que sean alérgicos al polen.
Predicción del inicio de la temporada de polinización del plátano de sombra en la Comunidad de Madrid y en la ciudad de Córdoba. Técnicas y resultados
Esta nota técnica es el resultado de un trabajo interdisciplinar en el que han intervenido meteorólogos, biólogos y médicos, con el objetivo final de mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas aquejadas por problemas de alergia. Con el fin de avanzar en el conocimiento de todos los aspectos ligados a la emisión de polen de plátano en primavera, poder así mejorar el actual sistema de vigilancia de dicho polen y optimizar los recursos del sistema sanitario, han colaborado AEMET, que ha aportado su banco de datos de variables meteorológicas para diferentes horas y distintos emplazamientos, y la Consejería de Salud de la Comunidad de Madrid, que ha proporcionado los recuentos de polen diarios de su red Palinocam. El objetivo de esta colaboración ha sido avanzar en el conocimiento de todos los aspectos ligados a la emisión del polen del plátano para poder predecir con antelación suficiente su aparición en la primavera.
Sand and Dust Storms Compendium: Information and Guidance on Assessing and Addressing the Risks
The aim of the Compendium is to provide information and guidance on how to assess and address the risks posed by sand and dust storms and plan actions to combat sand and dust storms. The Compendium brings together information and guidance from a wide range of sources. It includes approaches and methodology frameworks on data collection, assessment, monitoring and early warning, impact mitigation and preparedness, and source mapping and anthropogenic source mitigation that are required in the development and implementation of policies related to sand and dust storms at sub-national, national, regional and global levels, taking into account the principles set out in the Policy Advocacy Framework for Sand and Dust Storms, and the cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary nature of the impact that sand and dust storms can cause to societies, economies, and the environment.
Climate and Health Bulletin – Nigeria
Seasonal Climate Prediction – Nigeria
This document provides meteorological information for climate change adaptation, weather disaster risk reduction, and climate resilient development in Nigeria. The document is published yearly.
Efectos del clima, su variabilidad y cambio climático sobre la salud humana en Costa Rica
Este reporte corresponde al capítulo de la guía de la CMNUCC bajo el título: Programas que comprenden medidas para facilitar la adecuada adaptación al cambio climático.
La Convención Marco de Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) establece que los países firmantes, deben informar periódicamente a la Conferencia de las Partes (CP) sobre tres puntos básicos por medio de las Comunicaciones Nacionales (CN):
Fuentes de emisión y absorción de gases de efecto invernadero
Información relevante para el logro del objetivo de la Convención
Programas nacionales sobre mitigación y que faciliten la adecuada adaptación al cambio.
Con el fin de facilitar el reporte de la información en una forma transparente, comparable y flexible, la secretaría de la CMNUCC ha preparado instrumentos que guían la elaboración de las CN (UNFCC, 2004). Estas guías han servido de marco para adecuar la información de vulnerabilidad y adaptación de sectores relevantes para la economía y la sociedad costarricense, con el fin de que sirvan como plataforma de conocimiento para que el país inicie el camino de la adaptación ante el cambio climático con un sentido de desarrollo y aprovechamiento de oportunidades.
Health and Climate Change Urban Profiles: Washington, District of Columbia
Health and Climate Change Urban Profiles: Quito
Health and Climate Change Urban Profiles: Kisumu county
Health and Climate Change Urban Profiles: Glasgow
Health and Climate Change Urban Profiles: Indianapolis
Health and Climate Change Urban Profiles: Accra
Myanmar National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to Climate Change
The Essential Environmental Public Health Functions. A framework to Implement the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021-2030
Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change
Plan andino de salud y cambio climático 2020-2025
WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change
Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030
Protocolo para evaluar la situación del agua, el saneamiento y la higiene en establecimientos de salud con atención a la resiliencia al clima
Climate Change for Health Professionals: A Pocket Book
First Report of the WMO COVID-19 Task Team: Review on Meteorological and Air Quality Factors Affecting the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nota Técnica: Sistema de Alerta Temprana por Olas de Calor y Salud (SAT-OCS) – Argentina
Ireland Climate Action Plan 2021
Madagascar: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2022
Lebanon: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2021
Bulgaria: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2021
Iraq: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2021
Malta: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2021
Iceland: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2022
Czechia: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2021
Iran: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2022
Israel: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2022
Occupied Palestinian territories: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2022
Slovakia: Health and Climate Change Country Profile 2021
Identificación de Eventos de “Olas de Frío Extremo” en la Amazonía Peruana
Identificación de Eventos de “Olas de Calor” en la Amazonía Peruana
CH2018 Technical Report: Climate Scenarios for Switzerland
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Harmful Algal Blooms
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Blood Borne Diseases
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Waterborne Diseases
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Airborne Diseases
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Foodborne Diseases
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: COVID-19
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Dengue
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Meningococcal Meningitis
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Cholera
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Malaria
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Geohazards
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Convection-related hazards
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Wind-related hazards
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Drought
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Wildfire
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Heatwave
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Cold Wave
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Floods
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Mercury
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: Lead
Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action
UNDRR Hazard Information Profile: UV Radiation
Factsheet: Wind Chill and Canada’s Wind Chill Index
Poster: Canada’s Wind Chill Index
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Canada: an update on the National Adaptation Strategy
Climate Service Provider Profiles
Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization
Shifting Risks of Malaria in Southern Africa: A Regional Analysis
Plague in a Changing Environment: A Literature Review for Madagascar
Malaria Early Warning in Ethiopia: A Roadmap for Scaling to the National Level
Climate Risk Profile: Guinea
Effects Of Climate Change On The Social & Environmental Determinants Of Health In Africa: What Can Communities Do To Strengthen Their Climate Resilience?
Climate And Health Consortium For Africa: Roundtable Discussion
Health and Environment Joint Interventions in Africa: Third Interministerial Conference On Health And Environment In Africa, Libreville, Gabon 6–9 November 2018
Framework for Scaling Up Investments in Priority Health and Environment Interventions: Third Interministerial Conference On Health And Environment In Africa Libreville, Gabon 6–9 November 2018
The Libreville Declaration on Health and Environment in Africa: 10 years on, 2008 – 2018
Third Inter-ministerial Conference On Health And Environment In Africa: Conference Proceedings and Outcomes
Landscape mapping of software tools for climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling
Health of People, Health of Planet, and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health
Health benefits of raising ambition in Pakistan’s nationally determined contribution: WHO technical report
World Malaria Report 2021
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment
WHO Country Support on Climate Change and Health – Visual Guide
COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health: The Health Argument for Climate Action
The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
2021 WHO Health and Climate Change Survey Report
Heatwave lesson plan
Inter-Association Task Force on Exertional Heat Illnesses Consensus Statement
Regional Toolkit for Heatwave Management in Asian Cities
Adapting to climate change:Information for the New Zealand food system
IPCC Special Report: Climate Change and Land
How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash
WHO Guidelines for Malaria
Hazard Information Profiles: Supplement to UNDRR-ISC Hazard Definition & Classification Review – Technical Report
Air Pollution and COVID-19: Including elements of air-pollution in rural areas, indoor air-pollution and vulnerability and resilience aspects of our society against respiratory disease, social inequality stemming from air pollution
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
Toxic cyanobacteria in water – Second edition
Protecting workers: occupational safety and health in response to the covid-19 pandemic
Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030, 2021 update
Real, Urgent & Now: Communicating the Health Impacts of Climate Change
Meningitis
Microbiological Risk Assessment Series
A Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System for Ontario (HWIS)
Assessing the Health Impacts of Urban Heat Island Reduction Strategies in the Cities of Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New York
City Resilience Toolkit: Response to deadly heat waves and preparing for rising temperatures
Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events
COPE Natural Disasters Book Series
Heat Action Planning Guide for the Neighborhoods of Greater Phoenix
Heat Health in Hong Kong
WHO Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities
COP26 Case Studies on Climate Change and Health
First National Climate Change Risk Assessment for New Zealand
Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines: Managing Heatstress in the Workplace
Health, the Global Ocean and Marine Resources
Personal interventions and risk communication on Air Pollution
A framework for mental health and psychosocial support in radiological and nuclear emergencies
WHO Chemicals Road Map and Workbook
WHO Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Annual Report 2019
Quality criteria for the evaluation of climate-informed early warning systems for infectious diseases
WHO Global Air-quality Guidelines: Particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide
Heat and Health in the WHO European Region: Updated evidence for effective prevention
Fiji: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Quality Criteria for Health National Adaptation Plans
The Costs of Inaction: The Economic Burden of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change on Health in the United States
Farmworkers at Risk: The Growing Dangers of Pesticides and Heat
Sustainable Cooling In Support Of A Resilient And Climate-Proof Recovery
Global Methane Assessment
WHO Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics
Vanuatu: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health and Disaster Risk Management
WHO Technical Guidance Notes on Sendai Framework Reporting for Ministries of Health
State of the global climate 2020
World Disasters Report 2020: Come Heat or High Water – Tackling the Humanitarian Impacts of the Climate Crisis Together
Olas de Calor y Salud: Medidas a tomar
Jamaica: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Grenada: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Trinidad and Tobago: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Saint Lucia: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Guyana: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Dominica: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Antigua and Barbuda: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Tuvalu: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Solomon Islands: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment and Climate Change
Seniors at Risk: Heat and Climate Change
High-Rise urban Form and Microclimate: Climate-Responsive Design for Asian Mega-Cities
Illustrated Standard Operating Procedure For Cooling Centers
Illustrated Standard Operating Procedure For Slum visits
Managing Heat Risk During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Manual de Procedimientos Estandarizados para la Vigilancia Epidemiológica de Daños a la Salud por Temperaturas Naturales Extrema
NYC extreme-heat Policy Agenda 2020
On the Frontlines: Climate Change Threatens the Health of America’s Workers
Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing excessive urban heat with a focus on passive measures
Primer for Space Cooling
Progress Report 2017-2020: global Heat Health Information Network
Reducing urban heat islands to protect health in canada: An introduction for public health professionals
Report on the Symposium on Challenges in Applied Human Biometeorology
Research Summary: HEAT (Heat Emergency Awareness and Treatment Bundle) Trial
Rx for Hot Cities: Climate Resilience Through urban Greening and Cooling in Los Angeles
State of Climate Services 2020 Report: Move from Early Warnings to Early Action
Technical Brief: Protecting Health from Hot Weather during the covid-19 Pandemic
The human cost of disasters: an overview of the last 20 years (2000-2019)
UV Exposure and heat illness guide helping to keep organised sport and physical activity safe, healthy and fun for all
WHO Health and Climate Change Survey Report: Tracking global progress
WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2018
2019 Lancet countdown on health and climate change: Policy brief for the United Kingdom
An initial estimate of costs and benefits of a water, rest and shade intervention
Bulletin de santé publique canicule : Bilan été 2020
City Heatwave Guide For Red Cross Red Crescent Branches
Communicating Heat Risk: Experiences from C40’s Cool Cities Network
Compendium to the Primer for Space Cooling
Critical analysis of heat plans and interviews
Effets de la chaleur sur la santé en Suisse et importance des mesures de prévention: Décès dus à la chaleur pendant l’été caniculaire 2019 et comparaison avec les étés 2003, 2015 et 2018
Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through urban climate action
Exertional Heat Illness: A Clinical and Evidence-Based Guide
Forecast Demonstration Project for Improving Heat Wave Warning over india
Global Seasonal Climate Update: Target Season October, November, December 2020
Heat and air-pollution
Heat and Solid Waste Management
Heat and Water Quality
Heat in the City: Dialogue Outcome Brief
Heat in the Workplace: Dialogue Outcome Brief
HEAT: A provider manual for healthcare professionals on assessment and management of patients with heat exhaustion and heat stroke
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Food safety, climate change, and the role of WHO
Focus on Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health
LMIC urban air-pollution Solutions
Global Guide to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting
Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials
Land Under Pressure – Health Under Stress
Framework for the Assessment of Benefits of Action or Cost of Inaction for drought Preparedness
Preventing Cold-related Illness, Injury, and Death among Workers
Climate Change and Water UN-Water Policy Brief
Ocean Observing System Report Card 2019
Drought Impact and Vulnerability Assessment – A rapid review of practices and policy recommendations
Addressing the environmental determinants of health in vector surveillance and control strategies: Promoting key interventions
Climate and health: A guide for cross-sector collaboration
Imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe
Superfund: EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) should take additional actions to manage risks from climate change
Technical series on adapting to climate sensitive health impacts: Undernutrition
The state of climate science and why it matters: Hearing before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology House of Representatives One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
National Guidelines for Preparation of Action Plan – Prevention and Management of Heat Wave
Predicting Climate Sensitive Infectious Diseases to Protect Public Health and Strengthen National Security
Queensland State Heatwave Risk Assessment 2019
Scorched: Extreme Heat and Real Estate
The Cooling Imperative: Forecasting the size and source of future cooling demand
Working on a Warmer Planet: The effect of heat stress on productivity and decent work
Forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2019
Representing the urban Heat Island Effect in Future Climates
The imperative of climate action to protect
human health in Europe
The imperative of climate action to protect human health
in Europe: Summary of EASAC Policy Report No. 38
United Arab Emirates: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Adapting to climate sensitive health impacts: Undernutrition
Climate, Sanitation and Health
WHO Review: Health in the Nationally Determined Contributions
Arotakenga Huringa Āhuarangi: A Framework for the National Climate Change Risk Assessment for Aotearoa New Zealand
Medical Alert! Climate Change is Harming our Health
Healthy environments for healthier populations: Why do they matter, and what can we do?
Taking a Multisectoral one-health Approach: A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic diseases in Countries
Climate Change and urban Health: The case of Hong Kong as a Subtropical City
Dangerous Summer: Escalating Bushfire, Heat and drought Risk
Extreme Heat: When outdoor sports become risky
Forecast-based Financing: kyrgyzstan
Forecast-based Financing: tajikistan
Guía para la gestión de la prevención de riesgos laborales por exposición al calor
Guidance on Integrated urban Hydrometeorological, Climate and Environment Services Volume II: Demonstration Cities
Guidance on Integrated urban Hydrometeorological, Climate and Environmental Services Volume I: Concept and Methodology
Guidelines for Malaria Vector Control
Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Framework
Heat waves and human health: Emerging evidence and experience to inform risk management in a warming world.
Heatwave Guide for Cities
Heatwave Issue Brief
Impacts of heat on health (Excerpt from the 2018 WMO Statement on the State of the global Climate)
Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Futureof Dangerously Hot Days
Linee di Indirizzo per la Prevenzione: Ondate di calore e inquinamento atmosferico
Monitoring Health Impacts from Extreme Heat Events in North America: Workshop Summary Report
COP24 Special Report: Health & Climate Change
Management of A Cholera Epidemic
Updating the evidence related to heat–health action planning
Climate Change and air-pollution: The Impact on Human Health in Developed and Developing Countries
Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States: A WHO special initiative, Pacific island countries and areas
Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate
Health, environment and climate change: human health and biodiversity: report by the Director-General
Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II
Preparing public health officials for climate change: a decision support tool
Public health and climate change adaptation policies in the European Union
2018 global Report on Food Crises
1st Global Forum on Heat and Health Summary Report
1st Meeting of ICOH SCTF (2018-2021) Meeting on the occupational-health and Productivity Impacts of Workplace Heat in Relation to global and Local Climate Change
2019 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
Assessment of Occupational Heat Strain and Mitigation Strategies in Qatar
Call to Action from the 1st global Forum on Heat and Health
Chilling Prospects: Tracking sustainable cooling for all
Climate Change and Heat-Induced Mortality in india
Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks
Press release: Climate and Health Experts Commit to Tackle the Deadly Consequences of Heat, Hong Kong, china, 17-20 December 2018
Heatwaves: Adapting to climate change
The 1.5 Health Report: Synthesis on Health and Climate Science in the IPCC AR5 Report
WHO Housing and Health Guidelines
CH2018 – Swiss Climate Scenarios
Designing user-driven climate services: What we can learn from the Climandes project: A checklist for practitioners, scientists and policy makers
Estudio de condiciones atmosféricas favorables a los incendios forestales en el Perú
Operational Guide: The early warning and response systems (EWARS) for Dengue Outbreaks
Climate change and health in Small Island Developing States: background document
The 1.5 Health Report: Synthesis on Health & Climate Science In the IPCC SR1.5
Climate Change and Environmental Health
Prescribing Clean Air: air-pollution and children’s health
Communicating risk in public health emergencies
One Health: Operational framework for strengthening human, animal, and environmental public health systems at their interface
Management of radioactivity in drinking-water
Thyroid Health Monitoring after Nuclear Accidents
Malaria surveillance, monitoring & evaluation: a reference manual
Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016
Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on child health
Strengthening resilience: a priority shared by Health 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals
Climate-Smart healthcare: Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector
Guidance on Integrating Biodiversity Considerations into one-health Approaches
Towards one-health preparedness
Communicating Impacts and Mitigation for Wind Chill and Extreme Cold
Climate Resilient Water Safety Planning (CR-WSP)
Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases
Ending Cholera – A global roadmap to 2030
Adaptation Gap report
Chilling Prospects: Providing Sustainable Cooling for All
Clima y Salud en La Argentina: Diagnóstico de Situación 2018
Climate and Health Experts Commit to Tackle the Deadly Consequences of Heat, Hong Kong, China, 17-20 December 2018
Factsheet: Heat and Cold Wave Index (HCWI)
Fourth National Climate Assessment
Heat Health Plans: Guidelines
The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: A scientific assessment
Potential impacts of accelerated climate change
Poverty and death: disaster mortality, 1996-2015
Shock waves: managing the impacts of climate change on poverty
Strategic review of food security and nutrition inbangladesh
A review of climate change vulnerability assessments: Current practices and lessons learned from DOE’s Partnership for Energy Sector Climate Resilience
A Guide for Syndromic Surveillance for Heat-Related Health Outcomes in north-america
Estate sicura – Caldo e lavoro: Guida per i lavoratori
Estate Sicura – Come vincere il caldo: Informazioni e raccomandazioni per il Medico di medicina generale
Meteorological risk: extreme temperatures
Strategies for Cooling singapore
Climate-resilient water safety plans: Managing health risks associated with climate variability and change
Hitzewelle-Massnahmen-Toolbox
Climate-resilient water safety plans
Environmentally sustainable health systems
Human Health Impacts of Climate Change for New Zealand: Evidence Summary
Children’s Environmental Health Atlas, Inheriting a sustainable world?
Occupational Exposure to Heat and Hot Environments: Criteria for a Recommended Standard
Recomendaciones para la Prevención, Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de Golpe de Calor
Roadmap for Planning Heatwave Management in India
Climate Change and Labour: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace
Ambient air-pollution: A global assessment of exposure and burden of disease
Handbook of drought Indicators and Indices
Climate Change and Health: Improving Resilience and Reducing Risks
Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia
United States of America: Climate and Health Country Profile
Climate change indicators in the United States
Climate change-related disasters and human displacement: towards an effective management system
Climate change: The fiscal risks facing the Federal Government
Climate impacts on food security and livelihoods in Asia: a review of existing knowledge
Food security and health
Health and climate change: Report by the Secretariat
Implications for US national security of anticipated climate change
Living with Climate Change: How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate
Opportunities to enhance the Nation’s resilience to climate change
Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems
Implementing the European Regional Framework for Action to protect health from climate change: A status report
Lancet Commission on health and climate change: briefing for health policymakers and health professionals
Lancet Commission on health and climate change: briefing for the global health communitiy
Modeling the health risks of climate change: Workshop summary
National security implications of climate-related risks and a changing climate
Promoting health while mitigating climate change: technical briefing for the World Health Organization Conference on Health and Climate
Review of the draft interagency report on the impacts of climate change on human health in the United States
Strengthening health resilience to climate change: Technical briefing for the World Health Organization Conference on Health and Climate
The human cost of weather related disasters: 1995-2015
Unless we act now: the impact of climate change on children
Vulnerability of cattle production to climate change on U.S. rangelands
Women and Climate Change inbangladesh
Adaptation in action: Grantee success stories from CDCÕs climate and health program
A Brief Guidance For The Protection Of Employees Against The Effects Of Heat Stress For Outdoor Works
California Heat & Health Project: A Decision Support Tool
Clinical Guidelines on Management of Heat Related Illness at Health Clinic and Emergency and Trauma Department
Good Practice Guide: Cool Cities
Guide to identifying alert thresholds for heat waves in canada based on evidence
Lessons learned on health adaptation to climate variability and change: experiences across low- and middle-income countries
Human health and climate change in Pacific Island countries
Promoting health while mitigating climate change
Protecting Your Health in an Emergency
Toolkit Houtrook en gezondheid
Health 2020: Agriculture and health through food safety and nutrition
Connecting global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health, a State of Knowledge Review
Healthy Environment Healthy People
Reducing global health risks through mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants: Scoping report for policymakers
Managing meningitis epidemics in Africa: a quick reference guide for health authorities and health-care workers, Revised 2015
Building the Knowledge Base for Climate Resiliency: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report
Climate change adaptation in United States federal natural resource science and management agencies: A synthesis
Climate change and conflict: An annex to the USAID climate-resilient development framework
Climate change and health in the Western Pacific Region: Synthesis of evidence, profiles of selected countries and policy direction
Climate change vulnerability assessment: a report assessing how climate change will impact worker health and how to prepare for these impacts
Climate change, global food security, and the U.S. food system
Climate change: HHS (Health and Human Services) could take further steps to enhance understanding of public health risks
global megatrend update 9: Increasingly severe consequences of climate change
Health and the environment: Addressing the health impact of air-pollution: Report by the Secretariat
Health and the environment: Climate and health: Outcome of the WHO Conference on Health and Climate: Report by the Secretariat
Strengthening health resilience to climate change
China: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Ghana: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Malaysia: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Kenya: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Kuwait: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
South Africa: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Colombia: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Morocco: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Iran: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Oman: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Tanzania: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Egypt: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Ethiopia: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Myanmar: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Pakistan: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
WHO Guidance to Protect Health from Climate Change through Health Adaptation Planning
Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health
Quantitative risk assessment of the effects of climate change on selected causes of death, 2030s and 2050s
The Pan African programme for public health adaptation to climate change: current status and perspectives
The World Health Organization in action: the fight against malaria and other vectorborne and parasitic diseases
The health impacts of climate change on Americans
The nexus of biofuels, climate change, and human health: Workshop summary
Evaluation of Information Systems Relevant to Climate Change and Health
Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System Development
Technical Report on Karachi Heat wave June 2015
WMO Guidelines on Multi-hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services
Climate Change and Health Risks in Senegal
United States of America: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Timor-Leste: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Peru: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
Thailand: Health and Climate Change Country Profile
CH2014 – Impacts Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change Impacts in switzerland
Response to Major fires: Guideline for Public Health Units – Revised edition 2014
Enhancing Sustainable Communities With Green Infrastructure
An introduction to risk communication
one-health Scientific and Technical Review
Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A guide for health departments
Challenges of climate change: children on the front line
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Climate models and the use of climate projections: a brief overview for health departments
Climatic factors and the occurrence of dengue fever, dysentery and leptospirosis in sri-lanka 1996-2010: a retrospective study: technical report
Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Scaling it Up
Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability
Gender, climate change and health
global Climate Change and Public Health
The Garnaut Review 2011: australia in the global response to climate change
Decisions made by farmers that relate to climate change
Extreme Heat Events Guidelines: Technical guide for health care workers
A Practical Guide to Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements
Atlas of Health and Climate
Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements Toolkit
Heat Alert and Response Systems to Protect Health: Best Practices Guidebook
Standardized Precipitation Index User Guide
The global view of campylobacteriosis: report of an expert consultation, Utrecht, Netherlands, 9-11 July 2012
Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012
Defining Heatwaves: Heatwave defined as a heat impact event servicing all community and business sectors in Australia
Heat-Ready: Heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities in three australian states: New South Wales, Queensland and South australia (Final Report)
New Zealand’s changing climate and oceans: The impact of human activity and implications for the future
Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment
Health and environment: communicating the risks
Floods in the WHO European Region: Health Effects and their Prevention
Human health: impacts, adaptation, and co-benefits
Early detection, assessment and response to acute public health events: Implementation of Early Warning and Response with a focus on Event-Based Surveillance
Guide for the evaluation of a warning system for people vulnerable to heat and smog
The Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI): An Evaluation of Climate Services
Measurement and Forecasting of Ultraviolet Index in Hong Kong
Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies urban Heat Island Basics
Contributing to One World, one-health: A Strategic Framework for Reducing Risks of Infectious diseases at the Animal-Human-Ecosystems Interface
Heatwave Planning Guide: Development of heatwave plans in local councils in Victoria
Technical summary: Improving public health responses to extreme weather/heat-waves – EuroHEAT
The health benefits of tackling climate change: An Executive Summary for The Lancet Series
Integrated flood management Concept Paper
Consistent messages for CDEM: Volcanoes
Healthy environments for healthy children, key messages for action
Action is Needed on Chemicals of major public health concern
When Every Drop Counts: Protecting Public Health During drought Conditions: A guide for public health professionals
Flash Flood Early Warning System Reference Guide
Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events
Public Health Advice on Preventing Health Effects of Heat
Peru Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Desktop Study
Safety and health in agriculture
Health in the green economy: health co-benefits of climate change mitigation – housing sector
one-health: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Strategic Action Plan
Flooding and Communicable Diseases Factsheet
Guidelines on biometeorology and air-quality forecasts
Heat-waves: Risks and responses
Malaria epidemics: Forecasting, prevention, Early warning and Control – From policy to practice
National drought Management Policy Guidelines: a template for action
Using Climate to Predict Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Review
WHO Guidelines for indoor air-quality: Dampness and mould
Using climate to predict infectious disease epidemics
Health & Environment: Tools for Effective Decision-Making
Communicable disease surveillance and response systems. Guide to monitoring and evaluating
Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
Solar ultraviolet radiation: global burden of disease from solar ultraviolet radiation
Combating waterborne disease at the household level
A proposed Approach to Monitoring and Assessing drought in the Caribbean
First aid for excessive heat victims
Foodborne disease outbreaks : guidelines for investigation and control.
Guidelines for treating and preventing hot weather health impacts
Heat-health action plans: Guidance
Nationale klimaatadaptatiestrategie 2016
India National Action Plan For Climate Change & Human Health
Adaptation aux changements climatiques en Suisse – Plan d’action 2020-2025
Climate Services for Health: Fundamentals and case studies for improving public health decision-making in a new climate
Tanzania Weather Bulletins
WHO Operational Framework for Building Climate Resilient Health Systems
