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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Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and health national adaptation plans
This 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.
High-Value Actions for Health Sector Adaptation
This report offers countries a set of options of adaptable, cost-beneficial actions to strengthen health sector adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change.
Decarbonizing the healthcare supply chain: strategic actions for health systems
This report outlines practical strategies for decarbonizing health supply chains through aligning sustainable procurement practices, optimizing product and service use, and accelerating supplier action. It outlines key interventions for leaders and policymakers, including procurement levers and low-regret actions to reduce carbon emissions.
Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems
This guidance defines a common approach for health system emissions measurement that is aligned with international standards and best practice, setting out how health systems can develop the necessary internal capabilities to measure emissions consistently and effectively over time.
Environmental stewardship guidebooks for health care managers and clinicians
These environmental stewardship implementation guides for boards, executive leaders, and clinical staff provide practical recommendations to integrate sustainability in everyday professional practice.
Accelerating towards net zero: A guide for the Australian health system
This guide includes research and case studies from over 50 organisations and 135 health practitioners and policymakers across Australia,
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.
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.
Resilient Health Systems in Asia: A Guide to Contextualizing Vulnerability Assessment Tools for Local Needs
The document “Resilient Health Systems in Asia: A Guide to Contextualizing Climate Vulnerability Assessment Tools for Local Needs”, explores the critical juncture where global climate goals meet the unique complexities of Asian...
Policy brief | Charting a Course to Net Zero Emissions for the European Healthcare Sector
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe developed this policy brief to offer actionable recommendations to national and sub-national health systems, ministries of health, and other governmental organisations derived from developing...
Aga Khan Health Services' Sustainability Guidelines for Staff
These Sustainability Guidelines are an open-access resource promoting staff-wide engagement in sustainable healthcare through practical strategies, awareness, and innovation, while emphasizing key co-benefits of sustainability in healthcare.
Practical Guide for Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems
The Practical Guide provides a clear and actionable path for health systems to integrate climate resilience into healthcare planning, guiding them through the concept of climate resilience to the development of a climate resilience plan.
Safe, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities: an overview
This guidance summarizes key information and strategies for creating safe, climate-resilient, and environmentally sustainable health care facilities. It provides definitions, actionable guidance, and resources for implementation by health care managers, practitioners, and national authorities.
Plant-powered Planet: Building a Healthy and Sustainable Food System
This evidence-based policy report highlights the importance of food system transformation for health and sustainability. It outlines key policy interventions to address interlinked challenges of food insecurity, environmental degradation, and health.
Quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions
The document provides guidance for integrating health into countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), aiming to improve their quality and ambition. It supports national officials in understanding climate plans and key entry points for health, covering a structured approach, quality criteria, examples, and resources to address health impacts and promote climate-resilient and low-carbon sustainable health systems.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Sectoral Guidance
This Sectoral Guidance document is designed as a simplified sectoral guidance to supplement general GHG protocol guidance. It aims to assist self-care suppliers in developing a GHG reduction strategy by providing non-technical...
Target setting for low carbon sustainable health systems
This document contains key considerations and a practical checklist to assist health system administrators and policy makers in setting credible and ambitious decarbonization targets for the health sector.
Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems
This document presents the WHO Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems. The framework’s goal is to increase the climate resilience of health systems to protect and improve the health of communities in an unstable and changing climate, while optimizing the use of resources and implementing strategies to reduce GHG emissions.
Aga Khan Development Network’s Tool to Calculate Health Operations Emissions
This Excel tool calculates the GHG emissions of health care facility operations. It converts readily available data from health facilities and community-based programs into instant carbon read-outs using accurate and up-to-date carbon conversion factors. Downloads include: Excel tool and guidance document in both English and French.