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
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 in driving the devastating impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use on human health, through its spreading of disinformation.
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 the world. Join the call to action.
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 to no longer work with advertising agencies that partner...
LATEST EVENT
Roundtable: Advancing Policy Action and Health Leadership to Combat Air Pollution (WHO Air Pollution Conference)
Roundtable: Advancing Policy Action and Health Leadership to Combat Air Pollution (WHO Air Pollution Conference) Organised by: Global Climate and Health Alliance & Clean Air Fund Date: 24 March 2025 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Venue:...
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.
