A hybrid seminar on healthcare climate transformation on 5 March 2025 will explore tools and funding strategies for sustainable, low-carbon healthcare. The Climate Action Accelerator is set to host a hybrid seminar on Healthcare Climate Transformation: From Tools to...
The WHO South-East Asia Regional Technical Meeting on Climate Change and Health took place in Timor-Leste from February 25 to 28, 2025, gathering delegates to address the urgent health impacts of climate change and promote sustainable health systems. The World Health...
The international convention "Cuba-Health 2025" will take place in April of this year. This international conference addresses both single health issues, and guarantees for equity of access. The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba announces the V International...
A commentary published in Global Public Health explores a reimagined framework for global health, drawing on Kate Raworth’s ‘doughnut’ economic model. Authors Michael J. A. Reid and Ingrid T. Katz examine how health systems can balance human well-being with...
The pursuit of economic growth has long been a cornerstone of policy-making, yet mounting evidence suggests that in high-income countries, continuous GDP expansion may not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or even economically feasible. In their...
The report examines the connection between social protection and climate change policies in the Maldives, emphasizing that these two areas are often not integrated despite their potential benefits. It highlights the growing risks faced by vulnerable populations in...
Published in The Lancet Global Health, The 2024 Small Island Developing States Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change by Georgiana M. Gordon-Strachan, Stephanie Y. Parker, Heather C. Harewood, Pablo A. Méndez-Lázaro, Salanieta T. Saketa, Kimalie...
The Rockefeller Foundation's report, Resourcing Climate and Health Priorities: A Mapping of International Finance Flows from 2018–2022, provides a critical analysis of global financing trends addressing the intersection of climate change and health. Highlighting the...
In Nepal, lack of shared understanding of health equity across sectors hinders coordinated policy efforts. There is an urgent need to expand climate change responses to consider specific health vulnerabilities. By positioning health equity as a key element of...
The article Climate and health: a path to strategic co-financing? by Josephine Borghi and colleagues, published in the Journal of Health Policy Planning, examines the integration of health and climate financing to address the interconnected challenges posed by climate...
G20 Health Ministers emphasise the need for sustainable, intersectoral financing to address climate change’s health impacts, promote climate-resilient health systems, and advance the One Health approach. At the 2024 G20 Health Ministerial in Rio, leaders emphasized...
The recent floods affecting certain regions of Cameroon have prompted the authorities to look into the issue of climate change and social protection in health. To this end, and in partnership with GIZ, the Ministry of Health is organizing a workshop on November 14 and...
The World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal Social Protection for Climate Action and a Just Transition, the latest flagship publication by the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides a comprehensive global overview of social protection progress...
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called on the countries of the region not to postpone investments in health. The publication highlights the...
Article on the 2023 OHE Annual Lecture, highlights the need for a One Health approach to address climate change, emphasising that healthcare is a major carbon emitter and its environmental impact significantly affects global health. The Office of Health Economics...
