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:
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- ATACH working group
- COP26 commitments
- Geographic applicability
UN initiative on greening procurement in the health sector: from products to services
This report analyses UN health‑sector procurement practices and identifies opportunities to integrate environmental sustainability and reduce its environmental footprint.
Climate services for health: Improving public health decision-making in a new climate
This resource outlines evidence, guidance and case studies for the development of climate services for health, helping decision-makers better anticipate, manage, and reduce climate-sensitive health risks.
Climate change and health: WHO tool to estimate health and adaptation costs
This excel-based tool estimates health impacts and adaptation costs of climate change, helping countries assess damages, plan adaptation measures, and compare costs for informed decision‑making.
Guidance on water supply and sanitation in extreme weather events
This guidance outlines extreme weather impacts on water and sanitation systems and provides practical measures, risk management tools, and policy recommendations to strengthen resilience and protect public health.
Briefs for parliamentarians on realizing the co-benefits of action on climate and the environment
This collection of briefs informs parliamentarians about the health, social and economic co-benefits of climate and environmental action, offering key evidence, talking points and priority actions.
Heatwaves and health: Guidance on warning-system development
This guidance outlines the process to assess heat-health risks and develop effective Heat-Health Warning Systems. It supports preparedness, communication, and interventions to reduce health impacts from extreme heat.
WHO Global review of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments: Executive summary
This Executive Summary presents key findings from “A Global Review of Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments,” analyzing 31 national V&As across WHO Member States.
Multiple health benefits of climate mitigation measures
This decision support tool summarizes key health benefits of climate mitigation measures by system/sector.
Climate and Health Economic Tool (CHET)
This tool interprets the WHO Framework for the quantification and economic valuation of health outcomes originating from health and non-health climate change mitigation and adaptation action. It provides steps for evaluating climate and health outcomes together for better analysis of policies and programs.
Climate change, health and policy development: An introduction
This slide deck is a training resource for policymakers to support institutional learning on the health impacts of climate change. It includes a modifiable template to adapt training slides to context-specific needs.
Health co-benefits of climate action
This summary of the health co-benefits concept is designed to support policymakers in understanding the potential returns on investment as they develop climate policies and programs.
Multiple health benefits of adaptation measures
This decision support tool summarizes key health benefits of climate adaptation measures by system/sector.
Climate-resilient health development: High-level health care climate action Principle 1
This paper outlines policy and operational recommendations for economies in Asia and the Pacific to develop a climate-resilient health sector through ten priority action areas.
Getting the message right: Heat risk communication to protect children
This presentation, webinar recording and technical note provide recommendations for communication and action to protect pregnant women and children from heat stress.
Climate-resilient acute care clinical operations: A framework that informs how operations within acute care build climate-resilient health systems
Health leaders increasingly recognize climate change as a critical issue for healthcare. Granular guidance is needed to operationalize adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation strategies. This new framework supports climate-resilient acute care clinical operations through strategy development, implementation, and evaluation in Canadian health facilities.
The Low Carbon Fruit Tree for primary care
This narrative review highlights 19 initiatives that can be integrated into primary care to lower emissions and costs by reducing reliance on high-intensity services like emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
Reusables first approach to healthcare
This playbook provides an overview of opportunities for reusables in healthcare, implementation resources and strategies for adopting reusables at care sites.
Journey of a Pill
The study traces a clonazepam pill’s 63,000 km global journey—from raw material extraction in India and China to manufacturing, testing, and packaging across Asia, Europe, and the U.S.—highlighting the complex supply chain and significant environmental impact of pharmaceutical production and distribution.
Green Hospitals: Maximizing Health and Climate Benefits Globally
This publication examines energy efficiency, waste management, water sustainability, supply chain optimization, telemedicine, and biophilic design in healthcare as interventions to reduce carbon emissions, enhance climate resilience, and improve health outcomes globally.
Policy brief: Humanitarian action in the planetary crisis
This policy brief outlines actionable recommendations for humanitarians, researchers, policy makers and donors to protect people, animals, plants and ecosystems.