The climate crisis is a health crisis
We mobilise the global health community to accelerate climate action
We are doctors, nurses, clinicians, and therapists. We are health advocates, researchers, public health and policy experts.
We have come together because, wherever we are in the world, we are seeing how the climate crisis is impacting our patients, our communities, our public health and healthcare systems. Respiratory diseases are escalating; communicable diseases are spreading; humanitarian disaster are becoming more frequent.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and our communities and healthcare systems are starting to buckle.
But there is an answer: Climate solutions can be health solutions. That’s why we’re working together to hold decision makers accountable. To protect human health, we have to restore the planet.
We have a unique opportunity to improve health for all and to tackle global inequality, if we act fast.
Our network
Organisations
We are a network of 200+ health and development organisations
Million health workers
Number of health workers represented by our member & partner organisations
Countries
Our network spans every continent and 125+ countries
News and Events
Bonn Climate Summit: Health Community Demands Ambition on Ending Fossil Fuel Dependence and Robust Investment in Protecting Communities
Bonn, 16 June 2025:- As the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) SB62 UN Climate Change Conference opens today in Germany - and ahead of this year’s COP30 Climate Summit, in Belem, Brazil - the Global Climate and...
An Open Letter from Mental Health Professionals to the Health Industry: Healing Requires Integrity
Mental health professionals implore health organisations urge to review their relationships with PR and ad firms. "Advertising and public relations firms that serve both the health sector and the fossil fuel industry are working at cross...
Health Policy Watch: Only 21 Countries have Updated National Climate Action Plans – Few Actually Track Health Benefits
Most countries’ climate action plans refer to the health benefits of adaptation and mitigation strategies, such as reduced air pollution, but few actually track them. And as World Environment Day is observed Thursday, global climate commitments remain extraordinarily weak.
LATEST EVENT
87th World Health Assembly 2025: GCHA events
Join GCHA and their partners at a host of different events at the World Health Assembly, May 19 – 27, in Geneva.
Climate and Health Facts
The Climate and Us
Real stories of climate and health from around the world
The Climate and Us is a series of short branded films produced for the the Global Climate and Health Alliance by the BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. Divided into three Chapters, the series takes you on a cinematic journey across the world to explore the many ways in which a changing climate is impacting people’s health and wellbeing.
Member spotlight
Health and Environment Alliance
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is the leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the natural and built environments affect health in the European Union (EU) and beyond.
HEAL’s vision is a world in which today’s and future generations can benefit from a clean environment to enjoy long and healthy lives.
Our members and partners
