Past events

Adapting Facilities and Services: Treating Heat-Related Illnesses in Women and Children

Online

This webinar will showcase real-world examples of efforts striving to minimize heat stress impacts on pregnant women and children. It will highlight work led by several countries and organizations, including training and research initiatives.

Categories: Climate change & health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Global, Climate resilient health systems

Webinar: Integrating air pollution into nationally determined contributions (NDCs): insights from country action and collaboration

Online

Every year around 7 million people globally die due to exposure to air pollution, the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries. While air pollution is acknowledged as a challenge by many governments, especially given...

Categories: Net zero health systems, Action plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Global, Low carbon sustainable health systems, Healthy climate action in other sectors

WHA78 debriefing: Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health

Online

During this public webinar, the WHO Secretariat will provide a debrief on the key elements of the Global Action Plan 2025–2028 and the next steps in its implementation, as well as highlight opportunities for Member States, partners, and other stakeholders to contribute to and support action on various levels.

Categories: Climate change & health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Net zero health systems, GHG emissions assessments, Action plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Access to climate change funding for health, Global, Financing, Climate resilient health systems, Low carbon sustainable health systems, Supply chains, Healthy climate action in other sectors, Nutrition

Webinar: Launch of WHO’s Science and Policy Summaries on Air Quality, Energy and Health

Online

This webinar will serve as the launch for the WHO's new Science and Policy Summaries on Air Quality, Energy and Health.

Categories: Climate resilient health systems, Low carbon sustainable health systems

Getting the Message Right: Heat Risk Communication To Protect Children

Online

Protecting children from extreme heat starts with the right message, delivered at the right time. This webinar explores effective risk communication strategies—like the BEAT the Heat framework—and how they can be tailored to meet...

Categories: Climate change & health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Global, Africa, Americas (Pan American Health Organization), Climate resilient health systems

Workshop: Safer Alternatives and Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Healthcare Sector

Punta del Este, Uruguay and Online (Webex)

WHO in collaboration with the ATACH, Health Care without Harm and the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) will host a workshop at the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Global Framework on Chemicals Conference

UNFCCC June Climate Meetings (SB 62)

Bonn (Germany)

The 62nd session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies (SB 62) will convene international delegates in discussions around climate change, governance, international negotiations, adaptation and mitigation.

Categories: Health National Adaptation Plans, Net zero health systems, Access to climate change funding for health, Global, Financing, Climate resilient health systems, Low carbon sustainable health systems, Supply chains, Nutrition

Launch and first hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health

Reykjavík (Iceland) and online

The launch of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health aims to advocate for stronger action to address the health impacts of cliamte change across multiple sectos and levels of government.

Categories: Europe, Healthy climate action in other sectors

CleanMed Europe 2025

Online

This European conference will bring together healthcare leaders and champions of sustainability to share ideas, innovations and solutions to accelerate the transition to sustainable healthcare.

Categories: Net zero health systems, Action plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Global, Europe, Climate resilient health systems, Low carbon sustainable health systems, Supply chains

Mental health and climate change: Making mental health systems climate resilient and sustainable

Online

This ATACH Technical Meeting will be an opportunity for ATACH members to exchange on strategies to build resilient and sustainable mental health systems, ensuring they can withstand and adapt to the challenges posed by climate change.

Categories: Global, Climate resilient health systems, Healthy climate action in other sectors

Clinic: Introduction to Action Planning for Low Carbon Sustainability in Health Systems & Facilities

Online

This ATACH Technical Meeting will be the first in a series of clinics, providing an opportunity to learn and share practical approaches for developing action plans for low carbon sustainable health systems and facilities.

Categories: Global, Low carbon sustainable health systems

Scaling systematic and holistic climate action for better nutrition

https://fao.zoom.us/j/99520973208 (Passcode: 99176647)

🌍 Join the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership and the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN) at Rome Nutrition Week 2025 for an in-depth discussion on how nutrition can be...

Categories: Health National Adaptation Plans, Access to climate change funding for health, Global, Nutrition

Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly

Geneva (Switzerland) and online

The 78th World Health Assembly will bring together delegations from all WHO Member States to determine global health policies, oversee financial planning, and approve WHO’s program budget.

Category: Global

Transatlantic dialogue on climate change and mental health

Online

The third Transatlantic dialogue on climate and health aims to share knowledge on mental health impacts, exchange experiences on effective interventions, and foster collaboration for actionable policy recommendations and strategies.

Categories: Climate change & health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Americas (Pan American Health Organization), Europe, Climate resilient health systems

Deep dive: Integrating Health into Nationally Determined Contributions

Online

This webinar hosted by the World Health Organization will be an opportunity to learn and share practical approaches for incorporating health into Nationally Determined Contributions.

Categories: Health National Adaptation Plans, Global, Healthy climate action in other sectors

CleanMed 2025

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

This national conference will convene healthcare leaders to advance implementation of sustainable healthcare through cost-effective solutions tailored to healthcare needs and mission.

Categories: Net zero health systems, GHG emissions assessments, Action plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Americas (Pan American Health Organization), Climate resilient health systems, Low carbon sustainable health systems, Supply chains, Nutrition

Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Supply Chains

Online

This ATACH Technical Meeting will provide a platform to discuss priority actions for advancing towards climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health supply chains.

Categories: Global, Supply chains

Building Health Systems Resilience to Climate-Sensitive Diseases through Vaccination and other Health Tools

Online

This ATACH Technical Meeting will be an opportunity for ATACH members to exchange on effective measures to prevent, early detect and respond to climate-sensitive diseases, as part of their broader efforts to build climate resilient health systems.

Categories: Global, Climate resilient health systems

WHO support for GCF country driven programming for the health sector: AFRO/EMRO (MENA) Regions

Online

This WHO-GCF jointly organized webinar aims to provide guidance on accessing GCF funds for health-related activities under the new modalities of the GCF Readiness Programme. It will explore how readiness resources can be specifically utilized for climate change and health.

Categories: Global Climate Financing Mechanisms, Global Health Financing Mechanisms, Access to climate change funding for health, Global, Financing

Forecasting Healthy Futures Global Summit 2025

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and online

This 3-day event will convene experts and influencers to advocate for and explore coordinated adaptation strategies to address the triple global health threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and desertification.

Categories: Health National Adaptation Plans, Access to climate change funding for health, Americas (Pan American Health Organization), Financing, Climate resilient health systems