The Belém health action plan for the adaptation of the health sector to climate change

Overview

This Plan provides a framework to advance COP30’s Action Agenda, particularly Key Objective 16 on promoting resilient health systems, and to support the Parties to this document, hereinafter referred to as ‘Endorsing Parties’, in implementing collective progress towards the 2028 Global Stocktake. It builds on international policies and commitments that increasingly recognize the link between health and climate change, including those adopted by the World Health Organization, its Member States, and through the UNFCCC and its COP processes. The BHAP seeks to consolidate and advance these initiatives, drawing on World Health Assembly Resolutions WHA61.19, WHA77.14, and WHA77.2, which address climate change, health, and social participation in health governance.

Furthermore, the Plan aligns with WHO’s Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health, approved by the WHA in May 2025 under Decision WHA78(27). While the WHO Global Action Plan is broader in scope and covers all climate change and health priorities, the Belém Health Action Plan is more specific to the adaptation priorities included in the Global Action Plan and provides actionable items to be implemented under each of them.