The ATACH Community of Practice resource repository aims to make resources which directly support delivery of the COP26 Health commitments easily accessible.
The resources can be filtered by:
- Resource type
- ATACH working group
- COP26 commitments
- Geographic applicability
Sustainability Accelerator Tool (SAT)
This online tool and platform helps health care facilities assess sustainability maturity, prioritize actions, and track progress toward more efficient, low-carbon sustainable and climate‑resilient health care.
ThinkHazard!
This online map-based tool provides country‑specific information on 11 climate-related hazards. It helps users quickly understand hazard levels and access guidance, resources, and contacts to support vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning.
Anchored by health care: Strategies for health systems
This resource outlines strategies for health systems and facilities to act as anchor institutions that advance equitable community health and climate resilience. It presents engagement models, case studies, and best practices for transformative, community‑centered collaboration.
Health Care Without Harm training platform
This training platform offers free courses and online learning modules for health care professionals and leaders to build their capacities in emissions reductions, toxic material elimination and climate resilience strengthening. Course contents include expert insights and practical tools.
Global Green and Healthy Hospitals: a comprehensive environmental health agenda for hospitals and health systems around the world
This framework of ten sustainability goals guides hospitals and health systems in reducing environmental impacts, improving public health, and strengthening global health system resilience.
Mastering media interviews to promote climate and health
This guide provides practical advice for health care professionals on giving media interviews about climate and health, offering strategies, key messages, and tips to confidently communicate the health impacts of climate change and necessary actions.
EDGE software, green building standard and certification system
EDGE is a global green building standard, software, and certification system that helps projects achieve measurable resource efficiency, supporting cost‑effective sustainable design and access to green finance.
GSC Sustainability Toolbox
This toolbox provides a curated set of resources, including case studies, guides, glossaries, and external links to advance climate resilience and sustainability in health facilities and systems.
"Plastic smart hospitals" A review of plastic usage within the hospital sector: Exploring methods to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic
This resource summarizes effective measures to reduce, replace and recycle plastic in hospital settings, based on the experience of a university hospital in Norway.
Planetary Health starts at home – how Germany’s health professionals are leading transformative change
This case study outlines how the German Alliance on Climate Change & Health (KLUG) mobilized health professionals to act as change agents for transformative action, including success factors and lessons learned for movement building and advocacy.
Sustainable system-wide commissioning: How a whole system approach leads to more sustainable healthcare
This guide outlines principles and tools to integrate sustainability considerations in decision-making on health care service design, procurement and delivery.
Smart Hospitals Toolkit
This practical toolkit guides health care facilities in becoming climate‑smart, disaster‑resilient and environmentally sustainable through safety assessments, green standards, baseline audits, and policy and construction guidance.
Climate-Smart Health Care: Low-carbon and resilience strategies for the health sector
This resource outlines approaches for development institutions to advance low‑carbon and climate‑resilient health systems. It includes tools and measures to reduce emissions, strengthen preparedness, and support sustainable healthcare planning and operations.
12 steps to green a kidney unit
This practical guide outlines key actions for kidney units to reduce emissions, improve resource efficiency, and strengthen resilience across clinical operations and patient care.
Building health care sector resilience toolkit
This toolkit outlines best practices, checklists and a five-element framework for climate-resilient health care facilities based on the US context.
Climate change and health in the Western Pacific Region : synthesis of evidence, profiles of selected countries and policy direction
This WHO report synthesizes evidence on climate change and health in the Western Pacific Region, outlining country vulnerabilities and key policy directions to strengthen climate‑resilient health systems.
Climate change and health research: Current trends, gaps and perspectives for the future
This global review summarizes climate‑and‑health research trends, evidence gaps, and priority areas to guide policies, investments and action.
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment : Chapter 7 Climate Change
This Compendium Chapter provides an overview of the main guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on climate change and health, including recommended actions, involved sectors, level of implementation, instruments and evidence level.
Guidance on mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition and health
This WHO guidance outlines approaches to integrate biodiversity into food systems to improve nutrition, health, sustainability, and resilience.
Operational guide: Early warning and response systems (EWARS) for dengue outbreaks
This guide outlines how to build and manage an early warning and response system for dengue outbreaks, including in low-resource settings.