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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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Clean Air, Healthy Lives: New Roadmap Launched to Aid Governments Tackle Air Pollution Ahead of WHO Conference
Ahead of a WHO conference on the health impacts of air pollution, health professionals are calling for governments to urgently protect their populations from the…
Report: As Deadline Hits, Countries Must Seize Opportunity to Plug Health Gaps in National Climate Commitments
Watch the briefing on YouTube Global, 10 February 2025:- New research published today by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) demonstrates that while governments…
COP29 Climate Finance Deals Leaves Millions of Lives On Line
“The USD$300 billion per year deal negotiated in Baku is weak, shortsighted and wholly inadequate to address the mounting threats of the climate crisis, and…
COP29: Governments Must Commit Trillions in Climate Finance to Protect People’s Health
Ahead of the COP29 Climate Summit opening today in Azerbaijan, the Global Climate and Health Alliance is calling on wealthy countries to protect people's health…
Climate Week: Clock Ticking for Governments to Make Strides on Health Ahead of COP29
As Climate Week takes place in New York, the Global Climate and Health Alliance called on governments to urgently raise their ambition ahead of November’s…
Clean Air Day: Governments Must Tackle Toxic Air Pollution, Slash Fossil Fuel Use and Commit to Clean Air Ahead of Key Health Conference
Professional health organisations from around the world today called on governments to protect people’s health by tackling the toxic air pollution impacting 99% of the…
As Bonn Climate Meeting Fails to Deliver, G7 Countries Must Protect Health and Lives by Slashing Emissions and Paying Up on Climate Finance
As the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) comes to a a close in Bonn without significant progress, and the G7 kicks off in Italy, the…
Bonn Climate Meeting Must Continue Momentum to Protect Health from Climate Change
As the midyear UN Climate Change Conference opens today in Bonn, the Global Climate and Health Alliance is calling on governments to focus on health…
World Health Assembly: Health Professionals Hail Adoption of Landmark Climate and Health Resolution
The Global Climate and Health Alliance today welcomed the adoption of a landmark resolution on Climate Change and Health by 194 World Health Organization (WHO)…
Urgent Climate Resolution Must Be Adopted at This Week’s WHO World Health Assembly
As the World Health Assembly (WHA 77, May 27-June 1) opens today in Geneva, the Global Climate and Health Alliance is calling on World Health…
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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.…
Parliamentarians from global network write to newly elected Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, welcoming his climate proposals
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…
Heat waves: a major health threat
HEAL, the Health and Environment Alliance, has gathered comprehensive data and resources demonstrating the impacts of heat waves on human health. Climate change leads to…
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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:
Health Policy Watch: Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies
“The health case for a just transition away from fossil fuels is really clear,” declared Jeni Miller, of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, which…
Politico: Can COP29 Deliver on Health?
CAN COP29 DELIVER ON HEALTH? It’s climate week in New York and, for the first time, health is one of the themes. And not before time…
Common Dreams: ‘Terrifying’: Tuesday Was Hottest Day Ever, Breaking Record Set Just 24 Hours Earlier
"Governments must prepare to deliver a commitment at COP28 to phase out all fossil fuels, and a just transition to renewable energy for all," Miller…
Media Coverage of GCHA during SB60 Climate Summit in Bonn
Press coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance during SB60 Climate Summit in Bonn: Devex Opinion: To make health a global priority, move away…
Media Coverage of GCHA During COP28
Mentions of the Global Climate and Health Alliance in media during COP28.
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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.