Aug 3, 2016
Six months after the international climate agreement was reached in Paris at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the World Health Organization returned to the French capital on July 7–8 to host the second Global...
May 2, 2016
Today we launch a new initiative, Unmask My City, to address the intertwined threats to our health and our climate from air pollution. Through Unmask My City, health professionals and organizations from Istanbul, to London, to Chennai, to São Paulo are raising...
Mar 31, 2016
Joint GCHA-NCD Alliance Policy Brief published We have just published a policy brief jointly with the NCD Alliance entitled ‘NCDs and Climate Change: Shared Opportunities for Action’ – click on the image or here to download the English version and...
Dec 9, 2015
The World Health Organization and a vast network of doctors and nurses calls for a climate deal to emphasize the danger to human health “For a very long time, policy makers have been hearing the same message about climate change, about biodiversity, about polar bears,...
Dec 2, 2015
50 organisations and individuals from the German health sector including HEAL are urging the German government to take more decisive action to protect our health from climate change. The Call’s messages are based on recommendations of the Lancet Commission on Health...
Jun 23, 2015
London, 23 June 2015 — The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost medical journals, today published its 2015 Commission on Health and Climate Change: “Policy Responses to Protect Public Health”, 6 years after the publication of its landmark 2009 Lancet...
Apr 7, 2015
New Briefing Published: Climate Change and Food Safety This week, the 2015 World Health Day took place on April 7th, focusing on the theme of Food Safety, and included the production of many useful informational resources, accessible here. Following this, we...
Feb 25, 2015
Health Care Without Harm-Asia to Presidents Hollande, Aquino: Do not forget public health – the climate treaty is a health treaty too Health Care Without Harm-Asia (HCWH-Asia), an international environmental and health organization whose mission is to transform...
Feb 25, 2015
Health Care Without Harm-Asia to Presidents Hollande, Aquino: Do not forget public health – the climate treaty is a health treaty too Health Care Without Harm-Asia (HCWH-Asia), an international environmental and health organization whose mission is to transform...
Dec 7, 2014
Lima, Peru 07/12/2014 – After the first week of the current UN climate talks in Lima, health professionals, public health experts and policymakers convened yesterday for the 2014 Climate and Health Summit. The packed program featured inspiring speakers such as Peru’s...
