Climate change and health toolkit
Engagement with other sectors
In order to effectively respond to the health impacts posed by climate change, the health community has to engage several non-health sectors, including the meteorological sector, water and sanitation, as well as food, energy and housing. In addition, and as per article 4.1.f. of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, all mitigation and adaptation programmes or policies should consider their impact on health, using relevant tools (e.g. by performing health impact assessments).
Key Resources
All →Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review
Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and...
Atlas of Health and Climate
The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides...
All Resources
All →Connecting global priorities: biodiversity and human health: a state of knowledge review
Healthy communities rely on well-functioning ecosystems. They provide clean air, fresh water, medicines and food security. They also limit disease and...
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...
COP24 special report: health and climate change
This report is a contribution from the public health community to support the negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Climate-resilient water safety plans: managing health risks associated with climate variability and change
Long-term planning for an adequate and safe supply of drinking-water should be set in the context of growing external uncertainties arising from changes...
Gender, Climate Change and Health
The earth’s climate is changing rapidly, mainly due to human activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changing patterns of precipitation,...
Health in the green economy : health co-benefits of climate change mitigation - transport sector
WHO's Health in the Green Economy sector briefings examine the health impacts of climate change mitigation strategies considered by the Intergovernmental...
Atlas of Health and Climate
The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides...
Health in the green economy : health co-benefits of climate change mitigation - housing sector
WHO's Health in the Green Economy sector briefings examine the health impacts of climate change mitigation strategies considered by the Intergovernmental...
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...
Weather and climate affect the key determinants of human health: air, food and water. They also influence the frequency of heatwaves, floods and storms...
Health environment : managing the linkages for sustainable development : a toolkit for decision-makers
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...
Climate change and health. Report by the WHO secretariat.
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...