To track progress on the implementation of COP26 Health commitments, country baselines have been established for relevant activities. Data were collected between October 2023 - March 2024. ATACH member countries and partners were requested to provide information on relevant activities completed since 2020 including:
- Vulnerability & Adaptation (V&A) assessment conducted since 2020;
- Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) developed or updated since 2020;
- GHG Emissions Assessment conducted for the health system since 2020;
- Low-carbon and Sustainable Health Systems (LCSHS) Action Plan / Road Map developed since 2020.
Relevant country documents (e.g. V&A assessments, HNAPs, GHG assessments and action plans) can be viewed from the country baselines table below.
Global baselines
Baselines obtained from 81 countries/areas which are members of the ATACH. All results refer to 2020 or later.
V&A assessment completed/ updated since 2020
HNAP completed/updated since 2020
GHG emissions assessment conducted for the health system since 2020
LCSHS Action Plan / Road Map developed since 2020
Regional baselines
Baselines per WHO region (N: number of countries/areas). All results refer to 2020 or later.
Africa (N=27)
V&A assessment completed
HNAP developed
GHG emissions assessment for health system conducted
LCSHS Action Plan developed
Baselines by country/area in 2023-2024*
| Countries and areas | V&A Assessment completed/ updated since 2020 (Supporting partners) | HNAP completed/updated since 2020 (Supporting partners) | Climate financing received, covering 2020 or later (Funding source) | GHG emissions assessed for health system since 2020 (Supporting partners) | LCSHS action plan for health system developed since 2020 (Supporting partners) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2023 | Yes (GCF) | |||
| Australia | Started | Started | Started | Started | |
| Austria | Started (Austrian Climate and Energy Fund) | Started | Started | Started | |
| Bahamas | 2022 | Started | Yes (GCF) | ||
| Bahrain | Started | ||||
| Bangladesh | 2021 | Before 2020 | |||
| Belgium | 2021 (Sciensano, Möbius, VITO) | Started (HCWH, Arup) | |||
| Belize | Started | ||||
| Bhutan | Before 2020 | 2023 (WHO) | Yes (GCF) | ||
| Botswana | |||||
| Brazil | Before 2020 | ||||
| Brunei Darussalam | |||||
| Burkina Faso | |||||
| Cabo Verde | 2023 (WHO) | ||||
| Canada | 2022 (Various) | 2023 (Various) | Started | Started | |
| Central African Republic | Started (WHO, World Bank) | Started (World Bank) | Yes (World Bank) | Started | |
| Chile | Before 2020 | Started | Started | ||
| Colombia | Started | Before 2020, Started | 2023 (HCWH) | Started | |
| Congo | |||||
| Costa Rica | Started | ||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | Started | 2021 | Started | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Started | ||||
| Dominican Republic | Yes (PEPFAR, US CDC) | ||||
| Ecuador | 2020 | 2023 | |||
| Egypt | Started | Started | |||
| Ethiopia | Before 2020 | 2023 (WHO, World Bank, USAID) | Yes (FCDO) | ||
| Fiji | 2023 (KOICA) | 2023 (KOICA) | Yes (KOICA) | Started | Started (KOICA) |
| France | 2023 | 2023 (Shift Project) | 2023 (Shift Project) | ||
| Gabon | |||||
| Georgia | Yes (UNDP) | Started | Started | ||
| Germany | 2021 | Started | 2023 (PIK) | ||
| Ghana | Started | Yes (GIZ, AFD, World Bank) | |||
| Guinea (Republic of) | Started (WHO) | Before 2020 | 2023 (WHO, Wellcome Trust) | 2023 (WHO, Wellcome Trust) | |
| Indonesia | 2023 (WHO) | ||||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2020 | Started (WHO) | |||
| Ireland | Before 2020 | Before 2020 | Started (HCWH) | Started (Health Service Executive) | |
| Jamaica | Started (Various) | Started | Yes (World Bank, FCDO, ERDF, GCF, IDB) | ||
| Jordan | Started (WHO) | Started (WHO) | Started | ||
| Kenya | Started (Netherlands) | Yes (Belgium) | Started | Started | |
| Kuwait | Started | ||||
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2021 (WHO) | 2023 (WHO) | Yes (GCF) | Started | |
| Lebanon | |||||
| Liberia | 2021 (UNDP) | 2020 (Conservation International, UNDP, EU) | |||
| Madagascar | Started | Started (Réseau SPE) | Yes (GEF) | 2023 | |
| Malawi | Before 2020 | Yes (FCDO, NORAD) | Started | ||
| Maldives | Started (WHO) | Started | |||
| Mauritania | 2021 (GIZ, WHO) | Started (WHO) | Yes (NDC partnership) | 2023 (WHO) | |
| Morocco | Started (WHO, World Bank) | Yes (WHO, World Bank) | Started (WHO, World Bank) | 2023 | |
| Mozambique | 2020 (WHO, Eduardo Mondlane Univ.) | Started (WHO, Eduardo Mondlane Univ.) | |||
| Nepal | 2023 (WHO) | 2024 (WHO) | Yes (GEF) | 2023 (WHO, HCWH) | Started (WHO) |
| Netherlands | Started (Various) | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| New Zealand | Started | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Niger | |||||
| Nigeria | Started (WHO, FCDO) | ||||
| Norway | 2023 | 2023 | Started | ||
| Occupied territories of Palestine, including East Jerusalem | Started (Deloitte, WHO) | Yes (GCF) | |||
| Oman | |||||
| Pakistan | Started (WHO, FCDO) | Yes (GCF, FCDO) | |||
| Panama | 2021 | ||||
| Peru | Started | 2022 | Started | ||
| Philippines | Started (Various) | Started | |||
| Poland | |||||
| Rwanda | Started (WHO) | ||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | |||||
| Seychelles | 2022 (Ecowatt) | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 2023 (World Bank) | ||||
| Somalia | |||||
| Spain | Started | 2022 | Started (ECODES) | Started | |
| Sri Lanka | Started (ADB) | 2024 | |||
| Tanzania | Before 2020 | Before 2020 | Yes (NORAD) | ||
| Timor-Leste | Before 2020 | 2022 (WHO) | Yes (GEF) | Started | Started (WHO, HCWH) |
| Togo | 2020 (GIZ) | 2020 (GIZ) | Yes (Wellcome Trust) | ||
| Tunisia | Started (WHO) | Started (WHO) | |||
| Türkiye | 2022 (Various) | 2023 (Various) | |||
| Uganda | 2023 (Rockefeller Foundation) | 2024 (Rockefeller Foundation) | Yes (GCF) | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 (WHO) | 2023 (WHO) | Started (WHO) | Started (WHO) | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2021 | 2023 | 2024
| 2023 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | |||||
| United States of America | 2023 | 2023 | |||
| Viet Nam | 2023 (ADB, UNDP, WHO) | Started | |||
| Yemen | |||||
| Zambia | 2023 (WFP, FAO, UNICEF, World Vision, CRS) | Before 2020 |
Abbreviations: GCF = Green Climate Fund, HCWH = Healthcare without Harm, PEPFAR = The US Presidents's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, US CDC = US Center for Disease Control, USAID = United States Agency for International Development, FCDO = UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, KOICA = Korean International Cooperation Agency, PIK = Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, ERDF = European Regional Development Fund, IDB = Inter American Development Bank, Réseau SPE = Réseau Santé, Population et Environnement, GEF = Global Environment Facility, NORAD = Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, ADB = Asian Development Bank, ECODES = Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo, GIZ = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, CRS = Catholic Relief Services
*The recommended citation is: World Health Organization. ATACH baselines by country/area in 2023-2024. [dataset]. World Health Organization: Geneva. 2024. Available from: https://www.atachcommunity.com/our-impact/commitment-tracker/atach-baselines