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.
Guide for decarbonisation of healthcare centres (Spanish)
Guía de descarbonización de centros sanitarios que hemos realizado la Red Sanitaria Española de Responsabilidad Social y Sostenibilidad.
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.
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.