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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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.
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.
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...
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.