Nov 1, 2023
Download video in other languages Health professionals representing 46.3M health professionals from 135 countries around the world published an Open Letter to COP 28 President Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber & all national leaders demanding that “countries commit to an...
Sep 19, 2023
On September 17, 2023, health professionals from around the world called governments to commit to an accelerated, just and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels as a decisive path to health for all ahead of this Climate Ambition Summit on September 20. Dozens of...
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...
Mar 12, 2023
Forecasting The global health community has an immediate opportunity to increase its voice in the fight against climate change, leveraging mounting evidence of growing mortality and morbidity rates as an incentive for greater government action to reduce carbon...
Oct 14, 2022
In the lead up to COP27, the health community has jointly developed policy recommendations on the themes of loss and damage, mitigation, adaptation and finance. The Paris Agreement acknowledges the relevance of the right to health to climate action. To date,...
Sep 14, 2022
Parliamentarians from over 30 countries have been signing a letter to the newly elected President of Colombia Gustavo Petro, welcoming his stated intentions to address the climate crisis, working for climate justice, and delivering a planned, gradual, and just...