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Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment

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17 Oct 2018

This document is designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability (i.e. the susceptibility of a population or region to harm) to the health risks of climate change,...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Health and disaster risk reduction within the Global Framework for climate services

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document is a consultation report from a meeting organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaste...

ReportMultisectoral ActionEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and health+1

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Healthy hospitals, healthy planet, healthy people: Addressing climate change in healthcare settings

Publication

17 Oct 2018

The paper begins to define a framework for analysing and addressing the health sector’s climate footprint – including identifying seven aspects of a climate-friendly hospital. It also draws on a series of examples from around the world that demon...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System Development

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This Guidance has been developed jointly by WMO and WHO to outline for practitioners in both NMHSs and National Health Services (NHSs) the issues surrounding the general heat–health problem and present how an understanding of the biometeorology, ep...

GuideEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Lessons learned on health adaptation to climate variability and change: experiences across low and middle-income countries

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This document in the first part reviews and synthesizes the first five years of implementation (2008–2013) of projects on health adaptation to climate variability and change in low and middle income countries worldwide. The second part of the repor...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health+1

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Mainstreaming gender in health adaptation to climate change programmes

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This guide is targeted towards programme managers who work in climate change and health adaptation, and provides them with practical information and concrete guidance to mainstream gender throughout all four phases of the project cycle: identificatio...

GuideEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rights

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World Health Organization

Climate and Health Country Profiles - 2015 A Global Overview

Publication

17 Oct 2018

The WHO UNFCCC Climate and Health Country Profile Project aims to raise awareness of the health impacts of climate change, support evidence-based decision making to strengthen the climate resilience of health systems, and promote actions that improve...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+1

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Climate Change and Health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

An overview of climate change and health, including key facts and WHO's leadership and coordination role.

Fact sheetEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Climate change and health WHA resolution

Case study

17 Oct 2018

This document is a summary of the discussion on climate change and health at the 66th World Health Assembly. The discussion highlighted the many ways in which climate change affects health, through increasing risks of weather-related extremes, to imp...

Case studyEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

The Global Conference on Health and Climate Change

Report

17 Oct 2018

The objective of this conference was to develop, in consultation with Member States and other key stakeholders, a draft action plan for the SIDS Initiative with the following areas of action: empowerment, evidence, implementation, and resources.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Did you know: climate action by finance ministers can strengthen public health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for&nbsp;finance ministers: you can increase economic efficiency, increase&nbsp;revenue, improve health and address climate change by considering health issues when&nbsp;developing climate...

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Did you know: climate action by the general public can strengthen public health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for&nbsp;the general public: You can improve your health, and the health of your community by taking action on climate change. Act Now!

Fact sheetEnvironment, climate change and health

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