ATACH Task Teams

List of Task Teams

The list of task teams below was developed based on the outcomes of the March 2024 meeting and discussions with ATACH members through Working Groups (in the previous structure of the ATACH). Leads were selected for these task teams in January 2025:

Task Team	Proposed deliverables/actions	Lead(s)
Climate Change and Health Indicators	i. Global meeting(s) on indicators (including CRHS and LCSHS) organized to bring together on-going initiatives/work on indicators and agree on pathway towards standardization and alignment of different monitoring/reporting   ii. Initiatives to regularly share information about work on indicators  (including CRHS and LCSHS) and work towards alignment	World Health Organization (WHO)  Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
Alignment of national procurement standards	i. Harmonizing sustainable procurement standards (for the sub set of countries ready to identify overlap and align their procurement standards)  ii. Developing sustainable procurement standards (for the subset of countries beginning their policy development journey)  iii. Developing and harmonizing sustainable procurement standards among Global Health Initiatives, NGOs and UN Agencies with considerable purchasing power  iv. Develop guidance on sustainable procurement standards for nutritious and sustainable food in health settings	National Health Service of England (NHS England) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)
Quality criteria for vulnerability and adaptation assessments (V&As)	i. Develop guidance on quality criteria for conducting climate change and health V&As (linked to existing WHO technical guidance on V&As)	WHO
Measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of national health systems	i. Develop guidance for countries to identify and implement the most appropriate methods to assess GHG emissions in health systems	NHS England WHO Centre for Sustainable Medicine (CoSM) of the National University of Singapore
Integration of nutrition in climate-health planning	i. Develop guidance to enhance integration of nutrition in member states’ climate-health policies workplans (e.g. HNAPs, V&As)  ii. Identify key nexus points with other policy areas incl. food, water and social protection systems	WHO Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Arab Republic of Egypt
“Best Buys” for climate change and health interventions	i. Map available knowledge/resources on “best buys” for climate change and health interventions (both adaptation and mitigation), and identify a priority research agenda to fill major gaps   ii. Generate guidance / evidence on cost-effectiveness of interventions that countries can use for decision-making on climate & health investment (considering both adaptation and mitigation)	The World Bank
Blended financing for climate change and health interventions	i. Develop a report that explores and promotes ways to engage private or blended finance to support climate change and health objectives, including concessional financing	UNDP
Mapping and description of financing opportunities	i. Develop a mapping of current financing initiatives and provide information on how to access them	The Commonwealth Secretariat
Costing and prioritization of climate change and health interventions	i. Develop guidance on how to cost and prioritize climate change and health interventions at country level, including by their integration into the design and delivery of wider  plans (health reform and climate action) to maximize cross-sectoral benefits.	The World Bank

 

Criteria for the creation of Task Teams

The following criteria are proposed to ensure that ATACH task teams effectively respond to country needs in implementing climate & health work. To be established in the ATACH, task teams should:

1. Respond to identified country needs and priorities for advancing action on climate and health at country level;   
2. Be established to deliver a specific activity or product in the ATACH workplan within an agreed timescale, pilot innovative approaches to identified needs by countries or pilot new tools and products as developed by TTs; 
3. Be agreed by the Steering Group (SG) as part of the ATACH workplan. Based on the evolution of the work and evolving country needs and priorities, new TT proposals may be submitted by ATACH members for consideration by the SG; 
4. Be led by an ATACH member with demonstrated experience, willingness and availability to coordinate the TT and deliver the agreed product. Co-leadership will also be possible where relevant.

 

Roles and responsibilities in Task Teams

All ATACH Members can apply to lead or contribute to Task Teams (TT) via a call for expressions of interest (available in the Members Area). Task team leads and contributors will be selected by the Secretariat following a set of criteria to ensure diverse representation and effective delivery of outputs. Interested Members are invited to consider the responsibilities below to inform their approach.

Leads (and co-leads where relevant) should: 

• Be a formalized ATACH member (country/area or technical partner). 
• Have demonstrated experience and/or technical capacity relevant to the scope and objectives of the TT. 
• Have balanced representation across geographical areas, income groups and gender. 
• Where relevant, participate in calls organized by the ATACH Secretariat to foster coordination between TTs. 

 

Task Team lead(s) are responsible for:  

• Engaging with relevant contributors from the broader community of ATACH members to develop ATACH products and activities as the main outcome of their TT; 

• Developing a TT workplan outlining the objectives, timeline and activities to advance delivery on the ATACH activity/product of the TT; 

• Managing the organization and running of meetings (e.g., agenda development, facilitation and potential technical follow-up) and other collaborative activities for the TT (e.g. developing document drafts and facilitating inputs, etc.);  

• Sharing a brief summary of meetings as well as recording and proposed steps to the meeting attendees.  

• Reporting to the full ATACH in relevant meetings (e.g. general meetings) and in an annual progress report by the ATACH. 

 

Task Team contributors’ responsibilities will be agreed in consultation with Task Team leads, and could include:

• Participating in Task Team meetings;
• Contributing to the development of Task Team deliverables, as outlined in the workplan;
• Participating in communication and dissemination activities related to the Task Team;
• Other tasks as relevant to the Task Team objectives.

 

The ATACH Secretariat is responsible for: 

• Providing administrative support to TT meetings (e.g., opening link, sending invite and arranging interpretation if required);  

• Provide inputs into the TT workplan developed by the lead; 

• Participating in TT meetings, activities, communications and product development to provide strategic direction where relevant; 

• Supporting with dissemination of TT updates and results as relevant to the broader ATACH community, including uploading task team minutes to the ATACH Community of Practice website and disseminating reports and milestones through the ATACH newsletter;  

• When possible and relevant, make funding available to TT leads or countries to advance and pilot specific ATACH deliverables; 

• When deemed relevant, organize (at minimum annual meetings of the TT leads. Between meetings, support the TTs to collaborate and communicate if required and ensure open communication channels. 

 

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