Climate and health country profiles 2015: a global overview 

Overview

 To protect health from risks derived from climate change, decision-makers (going from national leaders to individual citizens) need access to the best information possible on the risks and the opportunities for action.  This report accompanies a set of country profiles on climate change and health. It provides an overview of the global consequences of collectively acting, or failing to act, to address climate change and its associated health risks.

The international community has made important progress in recent years. Global climate and health agreements now provide clear mandates for stronger action to protect health from climate risks, and to promote the health benefits of cleaner development choices. A range of policy and technical support is now being made available to support countries in their efforts to include health in adaptation and mitigation policies. What is needed now is a more systematic, evidence-based and scaled-up implementation.

The country profiles both provide a summary of information to support national actions, and lay the basis for sustained tracking of progress in this critical endeavour.