Strategic plan for the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health (2025-2030)

Overview

The health impacts of climate change are no longer a distant threat. They are being felt here and now and becoming more extreme. 

To address these threats, the WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region (ACE) was established in 2019 through a partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment of the Republic of Korea and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Centre’s mission is to strengthen cooperation and drive action where environment and health meet. This focus on environmental health has created a strong foundation for system-wide change.

This strategic plan builds directly on that work. Over the next five years, the Centre will expand its reach, supporting countries to take practical, systems-based action that ensures healthier people, healthier environments and a healthier planet.

The strategy seeks to tackle urgent and interconnected challenges – climate change, environmental degradation and rising health risks – by focusing on three pillars: strengthening health systems, creating healthier urban and island environments, and transforming food systems.