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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Report of a scoping meeting for the selection of indicators to monitor the impact of extreme heat on maternal, newborn and child health

This document summarizes the first meeting of an expert group convened in April 2023.The meeting had two key aims:1) to convene a group of multidisciplinary...

Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance in health and environment, 2024 update

This is the 2024 update of the Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment. The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available...

Communicating on climate change and health: Toolkit for health professionals

While climate change is a big threat to health, implementing solutions to address climate change presents a huge opportunity to promote better health and...

Population: El Niño affected countries Reporting period: October-December 2023 Start date of event: June 2023 Typology of event:...

Data

Tools

Children under solar panels

WHO prescriptions for a healthy, green recovery from COVID-19 that will help steer governments towards a healthier, fairer, and greener world.

Women facing a PC screen showing the homepage of the Global Knowledge for Climate and Public health homepage

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