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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Planetary Health and women with disabilities’ lived experiences of climate impact on health equity in Kenya and Uganda
15.04.2026This participatory research report shows how climate change impacts health, livelihoods, and protection for women with disabilities in Kenya and Uganda, offering concrete, community‑driven recommendations for more inclusive climate and health adaptation policies.
Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and health national adaptation plans
11.12.2025This global review sheds light on how health is considered in national adaptation planning processes around the world, highlighting best practices and providing recommendations for the comprehensive integration of health in adaptation plans.
Accelerating towards net zero: A guide for the Australian health system
15.10.2025This guide includes research and case studies from over 50 organisations and 135 health practitioners and policymakers across Australia,
Health and sanitation aspects of flood management
15.10.2025This resource outlines how floods affect health and sanitation systems and provides guidance for planning, preparedness, emergency response and post‑flood recovery to reduce health risks and strengthen community resilience.
Assessing health vulnerability to climate change: A guide for health departments
15.10.2025This document provides step-by-step guidance to conduct a climate change and health vulnerability assessment following the CDC's BRACE framework approach.
Projecting climate-related disease burden: A guide for health departments
15.10.2025This guide outlines methods for projecting climate‑related disease burdens using climate data, epidemiologic evidence, and modeling approaches. It supports health authorities in assessing future risks and planning adaptation measures.
Technical documentation on exposure-response functions for climate-sensitive health outcomes
15.10.2025This technical guidance supports the development of exposure‑response functions for climate‑sensitive health outcomes. It outlines available data sources, epidemiologic methods, and examples to help public health practitioners estimate current and future climate‑related disease burdens.
ClimaHealth platform
15.10.2025This global open-access platform serves as a technical reference point on climate services for health. It compiles relevant evidence, resources, case studies, events, tools and a practical implementation framework.
Anchored by health care: Strategies for health systems
15.10.2025This 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.
GSC Sustainability Toolbox
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This 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
15.10.2025This guide outlines principles and tools to integrate sustainability considerations in decision-making on health care service design, procurement and delivery.
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.
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.
Getting the message right: Heat risk communication to protect children
17.07.2025This presentation, webinar recording and technical note provide recommendations for communication and action to protect pregnant women and children from heat stress.