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
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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
Health Community Responds to Shell’s PR Company Winning COP30 Climate Contract
Hiring a PR company that earns millions from downplaying the fossil fuel industry’s role in the climate crisis, to handle communications for this year’s UN climate conference where countries come together to negotiate global climate action presents a serious conflict of interest. Climate change is already causing terrible impacts to livelihoods, health and wellbeing around the world, with health systems being pushed to the brink.
Health Policy Watch: What Would Make the Next UN Climate Conference (COP28) the First True “Health COP”?
What should world leaders do to make COP28 a true Health COP? It’s a welcome start to have a Health Day and an inter-ministerial meeting that brings health ministers to COP as part of their national delegations.
Associated Press: Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide
The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
LATEST EVENT
COP28: Policy Outcomes for Health
COP28: Policy Outcomes for Health When: 31 January, 10:00-11:30 EST // 16:00-17:30 CET Where: Join us and our guest speakers for a deep dive into the policy outcomes of COP28 across different negotiation streams, and their implications...
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.
