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.
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.
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.
Resourcing Climate and Health Priorities: Mapping of International Finance Flows, 2018-2022
This report provides an elaborate analysis of the levels and trends in self-reported financing for climate and health, to inform the efforts of countries, funders, implementers and advocates to strengthen climate and health financing.
Air pollution and health: Training toolkit for Public Health Workers
Developed by WHO in collaboration with international health experts and scientists, the Air Pollution and Health Training (APHT) toolkit is a set of materials designed to enable public health workers to understand the health risks...
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.
Lessons from patient safety to accelerate healthcare decarbonization
This article outlines key lessons learnt and best practices from the field of patient safety which could serve as catalysts to accelerate healthcare decarbonization and reduce greenwashing. It describes challenges and opportunities for healthcare sustainability efforts and provides several recommendations for additional steps to prevent greenwashing for voluntary sustainability programs.
National policies to accelerate climate action in US healthcare
This manuscript published in Nature Climate Change describes efforts to mobilize climate actions for U.S. healthcare, which contributes about 8.5% of national greenhouse gas emissions. The authors detail recommendations for...