Building capacity on climate change and human health
WHO works to provide and disseminate information on the threats
that climate change presents to human health and supports opportunities to
promote health while cutting carbon emissions.
Capacity building is a central element in all of WHO’s
support to countries to ensure national ownership and the building of a
community of practice on climate change and health and national, regional and
global levels. Capacity building includes both technical and institutional
capacity building.
A comprehensive set of guidance, tools and training manuals on a
wide range of topics on climate change and health are available under the WHO
toolkit of climate change and health resources, allowing for
modular capacity building.
Furthermore, national, regional and global trainings
and educational material on relevant topics are organized as
part of the implementation of both overall WHO initiatives or specific projects
on climate change and health.
With regards to institutional capacity building, WHO promotes a
multi-sectoral approach to dealing with the health impacts of climate change.
Collaboration and partnerships with relevant partners at country
level, such as the Meteorological and Hydrological Services and the Ministry of
Environment are considered key not only to strengthen capacity on climate
change and health but also to advance in the implementation of relevant
initiatives and projects at country level.
Publications
All →Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems
Climate change is a growing health crisis, driving increased mortality from heat, malnutrition, and disease, and placing increasing pressure on health...
Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and...
To effectively address these growing health challenges posed by climate change, health considerations must be systematically integrated into broader national...
This report aims to: provide guidance to health systems on decarbonizing their supply chains through changing the way they select, procure and use goods...
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