Sep 25, 2024
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 — 2 billion people, or 25 percent of the world’s population, have experienced 30 days of heat that put their health at risk, the...
Sep 24, 2024
Skyler Knutzen/Global Climate and Health Alliance September 24, 2024:- 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 COP29 climate summit in Baku by taking...
Sep 5, 2024
September 5, 2024:- 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 world’s population, slash the use of fossil fuels that drive both air pollution...
Jul 5, 2024
“Not a milestone we should be celebrating,” said one climate scientist. “It’s a death sentence for people and ecosystems.” Data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction shows that the average global temperature reached...
Jun 16, 2024
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 from fossil fuels Econoticias: Hoy arranca la reunión sobre el clima de Bonn con el cambio climático como...
Jun 13, 2024
Bonn, 14 June 2024:- As the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) comes to a close in Bonn without significant progress, and the G7 kicks off in Italy, the Global Climate and Health Alliance called on developed countries to rapidly reduce emissions and to deliver on...
Jun 3, 2024
Bonn, 3 June 2024:- 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 and health equity, as a spur to motivate significant progress on how the commitments made during...
May 30, 2024
Resolution adopted by consensus Geneva, 30 May 2024:- 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) member states during the World Health Assembly...
May 27, 2024
Resolution expected to be adopted by consensus on Friday 31st May or Saturday 1st June Geneva, 27 May 2024:- 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...
Apr 15, 2024
Boston, 15 April 2024:- A new ‘perspective’ article published today in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) highlights the crucial role the health community must play in the worldwide response to climate change – both demanding action from...
