Health Policy Watch: What Would Make the Next UN Climate Conference (COP28) the First True “Health COP”?

Jul 4, 2023

What Would Make the Next UN Climate Conference (COP28) the First True “Health COP”? Op-ed by Jess Beagley and Jeni Miller, published by Health Policy Watch The United Arab Emirates, hosts of the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP28), have promised to deliver the...

The Guardian: Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites

Jul 4, 2023

The Guardian, July 4, 2023: This Monday, 3 July 2023, was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F), surpassing the August 2016 record of...

With COP28 on the Horizon, Wildfire Crisis Must Drive Action to Protect Health

Jun 14, 2023

  14 June 2023:– Reacting to the wildfires sweeping across Canada, Global Climate and Health Alliance Vice Chair Dr Courtney Howard – an emergency physician based in Yellowknife, Canada, said: “In 2014, in Yellowknife we had two and a half months of...

Healthy NDC Scorecard: As ‘Health COP’ Approaches, Analysis Shows Big Emitting Nations Doing Too Little to Protect Health from Climate Change

May 15, 2023

Watch May 15 2023 press briefing on YouTube Low- and middle income countries lead the way when it comes to inclusion of health goals in their climate commitments View/Download: Healthy NDC Scorecard webpage Download scorecard barchart Download individual Healthy NDC...

IPCC Synthesis Report Reaction: Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Imperative to Human Health

Mar 19, 2023

Geneva, 20 March 2023:- Ahead of today’s publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report (SYR), a global coalition of health professionals is calling on governments to fund loss and damage response, invest in and strengthen...