Climate Change and Health
WHO has been working on climate change and health for over 25 years - advocating, collecting evidence and providing comprehensive support to countries in dealing with health effects of climate change.
Climate change and health toolkit
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WHO offers training manuals and educational materials on a wide range of topics related to climate change and human health. Educational support and capacity building are essential to ensure national ownership of climate and health programmes, and are key in order to create a community of practice on climate change and health at national, regional and global levels.
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WHO supports and enables those ‘in the front line’ - the health professionals dealing with children and adolescent’s health - to recognize...
3 December 2018
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...
9 December 2015
Climate Change and Health: Training modules
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...
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...
19 September 2008
How is climate change affecting our health? a manual for students and their families
Climate change is often associated with ecosystem destruction and disappearing species. This is all true, but climate change affects our lives in a more...
19 September 2008
How is climate change affecting our health? a manual for teachers
Climate change is often associated with ecosystem destruction and disappearing species. This is all true, but climate change affects our lives in a more...
8 December 2004
Synthesis Workshop on Climate Variability, Climate Change and Health in Small-Island States
The Synthesis Workshop on Climate Variability, Climate Change and Health in Small-Island States was conducted on Bandos Island Resort, Maldives, from 1...