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A strategic roundtable “Climate change and health: a global vision for joint action” during the 77th World Health Assembly on 1 June 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland (WHO / Antoine Tardy)
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Adaptation finance crucial to strengthen health in the face of life-threatening climate conditions
Photos from the press event HERE Recording of the Press Conference can be found here. Belem, 13 November 2025 – Today, on Health Day at…
Press Invite – Launch of Fossil-Free Advertising Blueprint at COP30
At COP30, at a panel moderated by the United Nations, ACT Climate Labs, The Global Climate and Health Alliance, and Doctors Without Borders will unveil…
COP30 Nov 13 Press Conference: Positioning Health at the Center of Adaptation Finance
Timing: 2.30pm-3pm (local time) 📅 Date: 13 November 📌 Location: UNFCCC Press Conference 2, Area D, Belem On-the-ground contact: Shitiz Jha +91 93106 23741. A recording…
Press Invitation & Photo Opportunity – and Press Release: Global March for Health & Climate, Belém November 11
Unprecedented mobilization will bring together doctors, nurses, students, organizations and social movements on November 11 to break the silence on health in climate negotiations
Will COP30 Be the Turning Point We Need? Health Community Calls on Delegates to Make Lives and Health Central to Climate Talks
Ahead of the COP 30 climate summit, the health community is calling on all governments, led by developed countries, to honor responsibilities to support adaptation…
Statement from the Global Climate and Health Alliance Regarding Bill Gates Commentary and Responses to It
“There cannot be sustainable human development without tackling the multiple aspects of the climate crisis at the same time - including both a rapid, just…
Ahead of COP30, “The Well-Oiled Plan” Film Denounces PR & Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation
Ahead of November’s COP 30 climate summit in Brazil, a darkly satirical and provocative short animated film released today condemns the public relations industry’s role…
Cross-Cutting Report Reveals Devastating Global Health Impacts of Fossil Fuels – Thru Production Life Cycle, & Across Human Lifespan
A sweeping new report released today reveals the devastating impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use on human health. Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll…
Health Community Responds to Shell’s PR Company Winning COP30 Climate Contract
Hiring a PR company that earns millions from downplaying the fossil fuel industry’s role in the climate crisis, to handle communications for this year’s UN…
As Latin America’s Health Pays Price of Climate Crisis, Wealthy Countries Must Deliver Climate Justice
As the 2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health opens, more than 50 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) health organisations today called on governments to…
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Statement from the Global Climate and Health Alliance Regarding Bill Gates Commentary and Responses to It
“There cannot be sustainable human development without tackling the multiple aspects of the climate crisis at the same time - including both a rapid, just…
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…
Second WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health: Why it is a pivotal moment
Governments, health leaders, and multilateral organisations will be gathering in Colombia for the Second WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health. This is a critical…
Key GCHA Health events COP28
With health on the agenda of the climate negotiations for the first time, there are over 100 health events planned across the two week period…
Countdown to COP28: Call to action to the health community
Over 40 governments are expected to be sending health decision makers to COP28 and the voice of the health community is starting to reverberate around…
Add your name to open letter to COP28 demanding full fossil fuel phase out
A letter published today on behalf of the international health and medical community, addressed to COP 28 President-Designate Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber ...
Video: Health Professionals Join NYC March to End Fossil Fuels
Dozens of doctors, nurses and other professionals working in the health sector joined tens of thousands of marchers outside the New York headquarters of the…
Health Policy Watch: What Would Make the Next UN Climate Conference (COP28) the First True “Health COP”?
What should world leaders do to make COP28 a true Health COP? It’s a welcome start to have a Health Day and an inter-ministerial meeting…
Video: Global Alignment & Effective Positioning – Resonating within the Climate Agenda
Forecasting The global health community has an immediate opportunity to increase its voice in the fight against climate change, leveraging mounting evidence of growing…
Health community policy recommendations for COP27
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.…
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Press Coverage: Cradle to Grave Report
A sweeping new report released today reveals the devastating impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use on human health. Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil…
Health Organizations Must Cut Ties with Fossil-Fueled Public Relations and Advertising Firms
As health actors meet this week in Brasilia to refine a Health Action Plan for COP30, ending relationships with PR firms that engage with fossil…
Climate Home News: How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence
Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference
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.…
Health Policy Watch: Health Organizations Drop Ad Agencies Working with Fossil Fuel Industry
Health Policy Watch, 2 June 2025, by Sophia Samantaroy Over 30 health organizations representing 12 million doctors, nurses, and public health professionals globally have pledged…
Context Newsroom: How governments should cut air pollution – from a doctor – GCHA Board Member Yuri Carvajal
Clean air is a fundamental right, not a privilege. Yet as the World Health Organization’s second global conference on air pollution and health opens in Cartagena, Colombia, millions of…
Associated Press: Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says
Shweta Narayan, a campaign lead at the Global Climate and Health Alliance, said many of the regions witnessing the worst air pollution are also places…
Associated Press: Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide
The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was…
Associated Press: Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms
Global Climate and Health Alliance quoted: "Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by…
Media Coverage of GCHA During COP29
Press coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance during COP29:
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COP29 must move from stalling to action
Comment in The Lancet by Elaine Mulcahy, Director, and Richard Smith, Trustee, of GCHA member organisation the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change.