Launch and first hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health
Categories: Europe, Healthy Climate Action in Other Sectors
Publisher: World Health Organization
Reykjavík (Iceland) and online
Climate change is affecting communities across the WHO European Region, with rising temperatures, extreme weather events and environmental degradation threatening health and well-being. To accelerate health and climate action, WHO/Europe is launching the first Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health. Chaired by Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland, the Commission aims to raise political awareness and advocate for stronger action across multiple sectors and levels of government to address the health impacts of climate change.
The event will bring together the Commissioners to:
- launch the Commission and introduce its goals and priorities
- initiate the work of the Commission with the first hearing of leading experts.
The second and third hearings will take place in September and October 2025 and the Commission’s final recommendations for accelerated health and climate action will be presented during the World Health Assembly in May 2026.
This event will be in English only.