ATACH Technical Meetings

Previous Technical Meetings

Technical Meeting recordings and presenters' slides are shared on the event pages.

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List of Technical Meeting topics 2026

• Acronyms: CCH: Climate Change and Health | CRHS: Climate Resilient Health Systems | LCSHS: Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems | HCF: Health Care Facilities | I-CAN: Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition

	Technical Meeting Topics	Thematic Areas
1	Adaptation planning, incl. developing Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAP)	CRHS
2	Conducting vulnerability and adaptation assessments (V&As)	CRHS
3	Developing integrated climate-health surveillance systems and climate-informed health early warning systems	CRHS
4	Approaches to reduce health risks from extreme weather events	CRHS
5	Decarbonization and sustainability planning	LCSHS
6	Conducting GHG and sustainability assessments (incl. HS, HCF and product levels)	LCSHS
7	Approaches to developing a climate-smart health workforce	CRHS, LCSHS
8	Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities (CRESHCFs)	CRHS, LCSHS
9	Climate change and health community-based action	CRHS, LCSHS
10	Integration of health in Nationally Determined Contributions	CRHS, LCSHS, Other sectors
11	Evidence-based approaches to policy making	CRHS, LCSHS, Other sectors
12	Climate change and One Health: synergies and opportunities for increased action	CRHS, LCSHS, Other sectors
13	Leveraging health co-benefits of climate change interventions for increased action	CRHS, LCSHS, Other sectors
14	Key climate-health finance opportunities and how to access them	Financing
15	Integrating equity and gender in climate and health action	All

 

Criteria for Technical Meeting topics

ATACH Members can propose Technical Meeting topics, and express interest to organize and/or contribute to Technical Meetings. To ensure maximal relevance and usefulness for country work on climate and health, topics will be selected on a rolling basis following the proposed criteria below. To be organized in the ATACH, Technical Meeting topics should: 

1. Have demonstrated interest from at least one ATACH country/area, which is already working on this topic and/or interested in doing so.   
2. Be relevant to countries’ climate change and health priorities as identified in ATACH meetings and key documents/assessments.       
3. Be oriented towards action and implementation of interventions (e.g., not only focused on sharing evidence or research results).  
4. Be organized by an ATACH member with demonstrated experience, willingness and availability to organize and facilitate the meeting following guidance from the Secretariat. 
5. Involve a diversity of ATACH members as contributors, to showcase diverse knowledge, experiences and approaches, not only being focused on the work of one ATACH member. E.g., Topic could be “Air quality improvement as a lever for CCH action” and not “Air quality improvement by X project/organization” 

In addition, topics will be prioritized depending on availability of organizers and interest from broadest range of ATACH countries/areas and partners, while aiming for a balanced spread across thematic areas and for a diversity of ATACH members sharing their knowledge and experience.  

 

Roles and responsibilities in Technical Meetings

All ATACH Members can apply to organize or contribute to Technical Meeting. A call for expressions of interest will soon be made available on the ATACH Members Area (not available yet). Interested members are invited to review the suggested responsibilities below to inform their approach.

Technical Meeting organizers are responsible for: 

• Preparing the agenda for the Technical Meeting following a template provided by the Secretariat; 

• Coordinating the organization of the meeting, including with additional ATACH members interested in contributing; 

• Chairing the meeting as leading organizer, but also may consider inviting other co-convener(s); 

• Developing a summary of meeting outcomes and recommending next steps for the topic in coordination with the ATACH Secretariat (as relevant)

 

Technical Meeting contributors’ responsibilities will be agreed in consultation with Technical Meeting organizers, and could include:

• Contributing to the preparation of the Technical Meeting;
• Presenting during the Technical Meeting to share knowledge, experiences and/or technical approaches on the meeting topic;
• Participating in communication and dissemination activities related to the Technical Meeting;
• Other tasks as relevant to the Technical Meeting objectives.

 

The ATACH Secretariat is responsible for: 

• Providing a template for meeting organization in alignment with the objectives set for technical meetings. 

• Providing inputs to the agenda prepared by the meeting lead. 

• Inviting expressions of interest by other members interested in contributing to the specific meeting. 

• Providing administrative support with meeting links creation and invitations to the ATACH mailing list. 

• Updating the schedule of meetings on a rolling basis on the ATACH Community of Practice.

 

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