2022 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health

The 2022 report outlines the achievements of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group, including coordinated submissions to the UNFCCC, a joint call for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, and the establishment of a health pavilion at COP27. It also details efforts to integrate climate change into health professional curricula and plans for a new WHA resolution in 2024.

• In 2022, the WHO and health civil society systematically collaborated for the first time on submissions to the UNFCCC, specifically targeting the Global Stocktake and the Global Goal on Adaptation to ensure health considerations were included in UN deliberations.
• The Working Group, WHO, and health professionals called for an international fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty in 2022 to address the health harms caused by fossil fuels, air pollution, and climate change. This effort was followed by official calls for such a treaty from Vanuatu and Tuvalu, and a supporting resolution from the EU Parliament.
• The Working Group's Capacity Building Subcommittee released an open letter urging education stakeholders to incorporate climate change and environmental degradation into health professional curricula to better prepare practitioners for the 'climate era'.
• The WHO Health Pavilion at COP27 served as a central hub for the health community in the Blue Zone, hosting over 50 events that presented health-based arguments for ambitious climate action.
• WHO is developing official guidance on climate and health research, using a 2021 report produced by the Working Group's Research Subcommittee titled "Climate change and health research: current trends, gaps and perspectives for the future" as its foundation.
• The Working Group is advocating for a new World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution on climate change, air pollution, and health for 2024 (WHA77), with Kenya showing early interest in leading the process and support expressed by Ghana, the UK, and Germany.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (2022). 2022 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. 2022 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health. 2022. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliance20222022, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{2022 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }