COP30: Health Community Welcomes Mexico’s Landmark Climate Commitments
The Global Climate and Health Alliance today welcomed Mexico’s publication of its climate commitments – its Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 (NDC), and its signing of the Common Position of Latin America and the Caribbean on Climate Change and Health.
COP30: Global Health Leaders Call for a Life-Saving Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
At COP30, physicians, nurses, and health and medical students representing millions of health workers worldwide issued an urgent call for countries to support a global commitment to Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF).
COP30 State of Play: People’s Health Hangs in the Balance, as Key COP Priorities Still Under Debate
“With a number of vital issues still in play at COP30, the health community is calling on governments at the Amazon’s COP to deliver on the meeting’s avowed objective”, said Dr Jeni Miller, Executive Director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, a consortium of more than 200 health professional and health civil society organisations and networks from around the world addressing climate change. “Belém was promised to be the COP of implementation, where commitments would be turned into actionable and measurable plans, supported by the necessary finance and collaboration to bring them to fruition. Protecting people’s health means implementing climate action, and with the days ticking away, now is the moment to take this action.”
Adaptation finance crucial to strengthen health in the face of life-threatening climate conditions
Photos from the press event HERE Recording of the Press Conference can be found here. Belem, 13 November 2025 – Today, on Health Day at COP30, Regions4, the Global Climate & Health Alliance and CarbonCopy hosted a press conference, focused on “Positioning Health...
Press Invite – Launch of Fossil-Free Advertising Blueprint at COP30
At COP30, at a panel moderated by the United Nations, ACT Climate Labs, The Global Climate and Health Alliance, and Doctors Without Borders will unveil a five-step roadmap to make this transition, in a manner that’s commercially viable and strategically sound. The report positions this shift as smart business – guiding firms toward the $4.5T circular economy.
COP30 Nov 13 Press Conference: Positioning Health at the Center of Adaptation Finance
Timing: 2.30pm-3pm (local time) 📅 Date: 13 November 📌 Location: UNFCCC Press Conference 2, Area D, Belem On-the-ground contact: Shitiz Jha +91 93106 23741. A recording will be available after the event. Contact [email protected] for interviews...
Press Invitation & Photo Opportunity – and Press Release: Global March for Health & Climate, Belém November 11
Unprecedented mobilization will bring together doctors, nurses, students, organizations and social movements on November 11 to break the silence on health in climate negotiations
Will COP30 Be the Turning Point We Need? Health Community Calls on Delegates to Make Lives and Health Central to Climate Talks
Ahead of the COP 30 climate summit, the health community is calling on all governments, led by developed countries, to honor responsibilities to support adaptation and climate action in developing countries, and to lead the transition away from fossil fuels in order to deliver clean air, saved lives, strong health systems, and sustainable economies.
Statement from the Global Climate and Health Alliance Regarding Bill Gates Commentary and Responses to It
“There cannot be sustainable human development without tackling the multiple aspects of the climate crisis at the same time – including both a rapid, just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels, and massively scaled up finance for adaptation. Tackling the causes of climate change cannot wait, nor will technology alone fix the problem.”
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.
Cross-Cutting Report Reveals Devastating Global Health Impacts of Fossil Fuels – Thru Production Life Cycle, & Across Human Lifespan
A sweeping new report released today reveals the devastating impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use on human health. Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition provides the first comprehensive global overview of the health consequences associated with fossil fuel use at every stage of their lifecycle, from extraction to waste, and across the human lifespan, from pregnancy and pre-birth to old age.
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.
As Latin America’s Health Pays Price of Climate Crisis, Wealthy Countries Must Deliver Climate Justice
As the 2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health opens, more than 50 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) health organisations today called on governments to stop fueling the climate crisis, for wealthy countries take the lead on cutting climate warming emissions, provide comprehensive and fair finance to prevent and repair health damages and deepening inequalities in the LAC region, and end exploitive resource extraction in the region.
The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis – International Court of Justice Ruling Reaction from Health Community
The International Court of Justice has delivered a historic affirmation: the climate crisis is a health crisis—and failure to act is a failure to protect life.”
“Lives are on the Line”: Health Community Welcomes Bonn Deal to Monitor Climate Finance But Criticises Rich Countries’ Attempts to Shirk Duties
As the UN’s SB62 Climate Change Conference closed just after midnight, the Global Climate and Health Alliance welcomed a breakthrough agreement between governments to pursue monitoring of urgently needed finance for adaptation as part of tracking progress towards a Global Goal on Adaptation, but condemned attempts by rich countries to avoid discussion on their climate finance responsibilities.
Bonn Climate Summit: Health Community Demands Ambition on Ending Fossil Fuel Dependence and Robust Investment in Protecting Communities
Bonn, 16 June 2025:- As the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) SB62 UN Climate Change Conference opens today in Germany - and ahead of this year’s COP30 Climate Summit, in Belem, Brazil - the Global Climate and Health Alliance demands that...
World Health Assembly: Health Community Hails Adoption of Climate and Health Action Plan, But Slams Fossil Fuel Omissions
The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) today welcomed the adoption by the World Health Organization’s 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) of the Global Action Plan (GAP), which will take forward last year’s Resolution on Climate Change and Health, while criticising the removal of mention of fossil fuel subsidies from the text.
30 Health Organizations Shun PR and Ad Agencies that Work for Fossil Fuel Industry
Thirty influential organisations representing the interests of over 12 million health professionals worldwide — including major global health voices and health professional associations at the international, national, and regional levels—have signed a commitment to no longer work with PR and ad agencies that also provide services to the fossil fuel industry.