This publication provides an overview of evidence and guidance on the growing challenge of workplace heat stress in the context of climate change. It highlights...

This is the seventh report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines how health systems are responding...

A review of the work on climate change and health was carried in 10 member states of South-East Asia region between 2014 and 2015. The review explored...

Climate change undermine global food systems, increases food and nutrition insecurity and and exacerbates malnutrition in vulnerable populations. In the...

This document sets out thematic priorities for WHO's work in the Western Pacific Region for the next five years to improve health and well-being, and save...

This document seeks to guide policy-makers, ministry of health staff, and staff of other government departments leading and contributing to NDCs to integrate...

The purpose of this document is to supplement the World Health Organization (WHO) Operational Framework for Building Climate Resilient and Low Carbon...

This document summarizes the first meeting of an expert group convened in April 2023.The meeting had two key aims:1) to convene a group of multidisciplinary...

This is the 2024 update of the Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment. The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available...

While climate change is a big threat to health, implementing solutions to address climate change presents a huge opportunity to promote better health and...

In this version of the compendium, each guidance is coded using the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI).The compendium provides...

The Fifteenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting brought together health leaders from across the Pacific, hosted by the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga...

This technical report outlines the methodology used in the selection and development of climate hazard indices for use in the country profiles. 

The 2023 WHO review of Health in Nationally Determined Contributions and long-term strategies provides a snapshot of the overall progress governments have...

Climate hazards, including extreme heat, are associated with increased risks of developing complications that lead to adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes....

This “Backpocket” series for parliamentarians on climate change, environment and health in the Western Pacific Region will provide parliamentarians...

This document presents the World Health Organization Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems. The...

WHO supports and enables those ‘in the front line’ - the health professionals dealing with children and adolescent’s health - to recognize...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Türkiye provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health...

The Fourteenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting was hosted by Tuvalu on 22–24 March 2022 with support from the World Health Organization (‎WHO)‎...

Impact at country level lies at the heart of eight Flagship Priority Programmes that were identified in consultation with the Member States based on their...

 The Fourteenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting was hosted by Tuvalu on 22–24 March 2022 with support from the World Health Organization (WHO)...

World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia. (‎2022)‎. Healthier populations and noncommunicable diseases: biennium report (‎2020–2021)‎....

This information document summarizes the stocktaking exercises conducted to articulate the progress of For the Future, our vision in the Western Pacific...

The world faces an incredible climate crisis. Climate change exacerbates many social, environmental and economic risk factors for problems in mental health...

This updated version of the compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on health and environment....

This WHO/EMRO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for occupied Palestinian territories provides a summary of available evidence on climate...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Israel provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EMRO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Iran provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Czechia provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Iceland provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Malta provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EMRO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Iraq provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Bulgaria provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health...

This WHO/EURO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Slovakia provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/EMRO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Lebanon provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

The WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region (‎ACE)‎, located in Seoul, Republic of Korea, has published...

This report provides a vital snapshot of the overall progress that governments have made in the field of health and climate change to date, as well as...

The 10 recommendations in the COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health propose a set of priority actions from the global health community to governments...

In 2013, WHO published the report Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment. The aim was to provide basic...

The frequency of infectious disease epidemics is increasing, and the role of the health sector in the management of epidemics is crucial in terms...

This compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on health and environment. Guidance on policies...

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a recognized group of 38 UN Member States and 20 non-Members/ Associate Members of Regional Commissions, located in...

This WHO/PAHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for the Bahamas provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health...

The World Health Organization (WHO), in close collaboration with the Research Subcommittee of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Sao Tome and Principe provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards,...

This WHO/PAHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Dominican Republic provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Mauritius provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

Climate change has significant impacts on health both directly, such as injury and death from extreme weather events, or heat illnesses from temperature...

Climate change is increasingly affecting health care facilities in many settings around the world. To reduce climate change risks, health care facilities...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Fiji provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO/PAHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Jamaica provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

The Quality Criteria for Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAPs) presents examples of good practice in HNAP development to assist countries in developing...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Grenada provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Fiji provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Trinidad and Tobago provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Samoa provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Guyana provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for the Commonwealth of Dominica provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Vanuatu provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Antigua and Barbuda provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable...

This report aims to support countries in the necessary transition toward healthier, more sustainable diets by integrating biodiversity in food-based interventions...

The Fifth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health was convened in Nadi, Fiji, from 20 to 22 August 2019. The meeting was chaired...

The burden of disease attributable to the environment is high and persistent, and amounts to 13 million deaths each year (one quarter of all deaths), and...

Countries can strengthen their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement by developing health-inclusive and health-promoting climate...

This report provides a vital snapshot of the overall progress that governments have made in the field of health and climate change to date, as well as...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Tuvalu provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for the United Arab Emirates provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards,...

This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Solomon Islands provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health...

 This guide presents a basis for understanding how nutrition, specifically undernutrition, is currently influenced by climate and weather, and may...

WHO supports and enables those ‘in the front line’ - the health professionals dealing with children and adolescent’s health - to recognize...

This Plan of Action was developed during the Third Global Conference on Health and Climate Change which was organized as a regionally dispersed conference...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

This report is a contribution from the public health community to support the negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

In 2017, WHO launched a Special Initiative on Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States (‎SIDS)‎ at the COP23‎ of the UNFCCC...

The WHO Special Initiative on Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States (‎SIDS)‎ was launched in November 2017 by WHO in partnership...

ContextThe Executive Board, in its consideration of health, environment and climate change at its 142nd session, adopted decision EB142(5) in which it...

Welcome to this Operational Guide to the Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for Dengue Outbreaks. This guide will provide you with the necessary...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...

This training package on climate change and health was prepared initially in 2009 and substantially revised by a group of experts in 2014. It is a product...

The Western Pacific Region, which includes many low-lying Pacific island countries and areas, is especially vulnerable to climate change, and the impact...

The global community has had a “blind spot” concerning the extent of the risks posed by human-induced climate change to the well-being, health...

Climate change exacerbates many current climate-sensitive health outcomes and has the potential to affect the ability of health system institutions and...

This document presents the World Health Organization (WHO) Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems. The framework responds...

Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and...

The UN Informal Inter-Agency Task Team for Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector (IIATSPHS), chaired by WHO in the Secretariat, has been collaborating...

Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), including black carbon, methane, and ozone, are responsible for a substantial fraction of climate change as well...

WHO releases a quantitative assessment of the health impacts of climate change. This constitutes an update and a further development of the assessment...

This guidance document is designed to ensure that the process of iteratively managing the health risks of climate change is integrated into the overall...

This document is designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability...

In 2009–2011, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the United Kingdom Health Protection Agency undertook a project to investigate the adverse health...

The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides...

The most important actions to take during a heat-wave are: to avoid or reduce exposure, to communicate risks effectively, to take particular care of vulnerable...

Climate change puts at risk the protection and improvement of human health and the well-being of populations in the WHO European Region. More frequent...

A new report from WHO presents an overview of the science of the links between climate change and human health. It provides an update of the evidence on...

EuroHEAT, a project coordinated by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and co-funded by the European Commission (EC) DirectorateGeneral for Health and Consumers...

Weather and climate affect the key determinants of human health: air, food and water. They also influence the frequency of heatwaves, floods and storms...

WHO supports and enables those ‘in the front line’ - the health professionals dealing with children and adolescent’s health - to recognize...

In response to the need for a more coherent policy agenda on health and environment, WHO and UNEP joined forces at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable...

The objectives of the workshop were to share the latest evidence on climate change and health, to define the key elements of a strategy for health protection...

Climate change is often associated with ecosystem destruction and disappearing species. This is all true, but climate change affects our lives in a more...

Climate change is often associated with ecosystem destruction and disappearing species. This is all true, but climate change affects our lives in a more...

Executive SummaryThe health of human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects of climate change (very high confidence)....

Climate change will affect, in profoundly adverse ways, some of the most fundamental determinants of health: food, air and water. The warming of the planet...

Climate change is leading to an increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise...

This discussion paper examines recent threats to health security in the WHO European Region from communicable diseases, natural disasters, large-scale...

Small island states are the countries likely to be most vulnerable to climate variability and long-term climate change, particularly extreme weather and...

This document presents a brief summary of the results of the research project "Climate change and adaptation strategies for human health in Europe" (cCASHh)...

The Synthesis Workshop on Climate Variability, Climate Change and Health in Small-Island States was conducted on Bandos Island Resort, Maldives, from 1...

Provides information on qualitative and quantitative methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health adaptation to climate change. Objectives...