Climate Change and Health
WHO has been working on climate change and health for over 25 years - advocating, collecting evidence and providing comprehensive support to countries in dealing with health effects of climate change.

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Climate change and workplace heat stress: technical report and guidance

This publication provides an overview of evidence and guidance on the growing challenge of workplace heat stress in the context of climate change. It highlights...

Health system strengthening interventions to improve the health of displaced and migrant populations in the context of climate change

This is the seventh report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series. The publication examines how health systems are responding...

Health at the heart of national adaptation planning: a global review of national adaptation plans and health national adaptation plans: executive summary

The process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs), established as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

The World Health Organization is developing REACH, a global Research Agenda for Action on Climateand Health. REACH will establish shared, forward-looking...

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Global knowledge platform dedicated to climate and health, developed by WHO and WMO.

Graphic banner of the Health and Environment scorecards

Snapshot of where countries stand on managing six major environmental threats to health

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