Heat waves: a major health threat

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 an increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including heatwaves. In June and...
Health Community Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake

Health Community Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake

Together with the World Health Organization and civil society and academic partners from around the world, the Global Climate and Health Alliance made a joint submission to the August 2022 call for inputs to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake. The Global Stocktake is a...
Switching Lifestyle Habits to Win the Climate Change Challenge

Switching Lifestyle Habits to Win the Climate Change Challenge

Human health is closely interconnected to animal and planetary health, our lifestyles are largely determined by the environment that surrounds us, in the same way that human habits impact the health and balance of the entire ecosystem. The latest Covid-19 pandemic...
Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: GCHA welcomes the HCN

Cross-Sectoral Collaboration: GCHA welcomes the HCN

The Global Climate and Health Alliance is thrilled to be the new host for the Health and Climate Network (HCN) secretariat, and welcomes the HCN Director Alison Doig to the team. With funding from the Clean Air Fund, we look forward to working closely together, and...