WHO Global review of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments: Executive summary
Categories: Climate Change & Health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Guidance document, Global, Climate Resilient Health Systems
Publisher: World Health Organization
Climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation (V&A) assessments provide the foundations for national adaptation plans (NAPs) and health national adaptation plans (HNAPs), ensuring actions are evidence based. Through this process, ministries of health can design targeted interventions to build climate-resilient health systems and safeguard essential services against climate disruptions. 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.