2024 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health

The WHO-Civil Society Working Group reports on its 2024 achievements, notably catalyzing a new World Health Assembly resolution on climate change and health. The group provided input for the WHO's COP29 Special Report and coordinated policy recommendations endorsed by over 100 organizations. To expand its influence, the group established a COP Task Force to plan activities for COP30. Despite these gains, the report notes that COP29 failed to provide sufficient concessional funding for developing countries or concrete commitments for the phase-out of fossil fuels.

• The Working Group helped catalyze the adoption of a new World Health Assembly resolution on climate change and health at WHA77, which was co-sponsored by 37 Member States, updating a previous resolution from 2008.
• In 2024, the Working Group contributed to the WHO's COP29 Special Report on Climate Change and Health and coordinated a set of complementary Policy Recommendations endorsed by more than 100 health and climate organizations.
• The Working Group established a COP Task Force in 2024, expanding its membership to include additional civil society organizations, academic partners, and funding partners to plan for COP30 in 2025.
• The report identifies significant failures at COP29, specifically the lack of committed concessional funding for developing countries to address climate health impacts and the absence of concrete commitments for the equitable phase-out of fossil fuels.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (2025). 2024 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2024-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. 2024 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health. 2025. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2024-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliance20252024, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{2024 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2025}, month = feb, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2024-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }