The ATACH Community of Practice resource repository aims to make resources which directly support delivery of the COP26 Health commitments easily accessible.
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Climate-Smart Health Care: Low-carbon and resilience strategies for the health sector
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This guide outlines how to build and manage an early warning and response system for dengue outbreaks, including in low-resource settings.
Strengthening health resilience to climate change : Technical briefing
15.10.2025This briefing outlines evidence on climate-related health risks and presents key health system functions, strategies and interventions to build health resilience to climate change.
UN initiative on greening procurement in the health sector: from products to services
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
26.08.2025This 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
14.08.2025This decision support tool summarizes key health benefits of climate mitigation measures by system/sector.
Climate and Health Economic Tool (CHET)
14.08.2025This 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
14.08.2025This 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
14.08.2025This 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.