The climate crisis is a health crisis
We mobilise the global health community to accelerate climate action
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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.
Latest work
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
The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis – International Court of Justice Ruling Reaction from Health Community
The International Court of Justice has delivered a historic affirmation: the climate crisis is a health crisis—and failure to act is a failure to protect life.”
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. The Paris Agreement acknowledges the relevance of the right to health to...
Media Coverage of GCHA During COP29
Press coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance during COP29:
LATEST EVENT
Climate change, a health emergency: What the IPCC says about health, and why it is important for COP27
Monday 30th May @ 14:00-15.30 CET This webinar will unpack the IPCC AR6 reports and the implications of climate action for human health, and the responses needed at COP27 to ensure the benefits of healthy climate action are maximised.
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.
