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.

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Highlights

Exterior of Mehoni Primary Hospital on 28 March 2024 with patients waiting or walking

Climate protestors holding a banner that says "The world has woken up" in front of COP25, Chile

News

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14 July 2026

Departmental update

WHO launches climate, health and migration research roadmap for the Western Pacific Region

1 July 2026

Departmental update

Global leaders gather in Paris for highlevel G7 labelled ATACH meeting on climate and health

29 June 2026

Departmental update

New SDG data shows stalled progress on air pollution and health

24 June 2026

Joint News Release

655 million people still living without electricity underscore urgent need to deliver on universal energy access target

Speeches

7 November 2025

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the COP30 Leaders' Summit – 7 November 2025

Commentaries

18 March 2024

For centuries we have plundered our planet. Now we are paying the price

Initiatives

Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH)

Beat the Heat: Flagship Initiative against extreme heat and related environmental health risks in workplaces and major events

Climate Resilient Health Systems Initiative

Special Initiative on Climate change and Health in Small Island Developing States

WHO – WMO Joint Climate and Health Programme

Features

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21 May 2026

Tanzania scales up action to protect people from extreme heat and solar UV with the Beat the Heat Initiative

18 June 2025

Donors making a difference: refugees and migrants

20 December 2024

Enhancing health outcomes: CPCP empowering WHO Country Office in Viet Nam

Events

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30 June 2026 08:30 – 17:30 CET

Together for health, we stand with science: Country data and SDGs on air pollution and health

25 June 2026

ATACH High-Level Strategic Meeting

18 – 23 May 2026

Health, climate change, air quality and energy at the 79th World Health Assembly

Calls for

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2 June 2026

Call for nominations

WHO calls for nominations for UNIATF Awards on air pollution and chronic respiratory diseases

1 June 2026

Call for consultant

Call for consultant – Climate-Health, Economics and Epidemiology

22 May 2026

Call for consultant

Request for expression of interest: Technical coordination and analytical support for black carbon evidence synthesis and fossil fuel integrated tool development

Publications

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Second global conference on air pollution and health: key themes and outcomes

Air pollution remains one of the leading environmental risks to health globally, contributing to an estimated seven million premature deaths each year...

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Global research prioritization and action plan on health, migration and displacement in the context of climate change: strengthening research and translating research priorities into policy and practice

This report presents the findings of the Global Research Prioritization Exercise (GRPE) on health, migration and displacement in the context of climate...

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Regional research agenda on health, migration and displacement in the WHO Western Pacific Region, with a focus on climate change: translating research priorities into policy and practice

The Regional research agenda on health, migration and displacement in the WHO Western Pacific Region provides a framework for strengthening evidence generation...

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WHO is the custodian agency of a handful of SDG indicators for Goals 3 (pertaining to good health and well-being), but also in Goals 2 (Zero hunger), 5...

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