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The document argues that climate change threatens public health by increasing the risks of food- and water-borne illnesses, which in turn exacerbates malnutrition, particularly in children. It highlights the role of rising temperatures and extreme rainfall in promoting the growth of pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Vibrio cholerae, as well as the expansion of cyanobacterial algal blooms. The text emphasizes that these risks create a cycle of diarrhea and malnutrition, especially for the most vulnerable populations who may turn to unsafe food sources during climate-induced scarcity. It calls for health professionals to advocate for strong global climate agreements and to integrate food safety risks into national climate adaptation plans.

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The event highlighted how climate change negatively impacts health through food insecurity, physical inactivity, and air pollution, while arguing that focusing on health co-benefits can overcome political inertia. Key recommendations include transitioning to sustainable diets, redesigning cities for active transportation, and divesting the healthcare sector from fossil fuels.

The document frames climate change as a mainstream public health crisis and advocates for a transition to clean energy and active transport to reduce early deaths and healthcare costs. It highlights the importance of health-aligned investment choices, citing the British Medical Association's divestment from fossil fuels and HESTA's restrictions on thermal coal. The guide also lists several high-level events in New York, including a WHO-ILO session on 'Climate, Health and Jobs' and a forum on sustainable diets.

The document argues that climate change is the greatest health threat of the 21st century and urges the health sector to adopt a 'divest-invest' framework to shift financial resources from fossil fuels to renewable energy. It calls for the declaration of climate change as a global public health emergency and urges health leaders to advocate for a fair international climate agreement in 2015.

The Durban Declaration on Climate and Health, signed by health professionals from over 30 countries, argues that climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century and that mitigation efforts, specifically transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy, provide immediate health benefits. The declaration outlines five specific calls to action for COP17 delegations, including the need for greater health sector representation in the UNFCCC, the adoption of a strong second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol, and the negotiation of a binding agreement by 2015 that prioritizes human health and establishes a fair shares framework for emissions reductions.

A group of health organisations, including the Climate and Health Alliance, wrote to WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan to highlight the urgent health risks posed by climate change. They specifically drew attention to the Doha Declaration on Climate, Health and Wellbeing, which calls for health protection to be a central priority in global and national climate policy, increased investment in mitigation and adaptation, and greater engagement of the health sector. The letter urges the WHO to treat these issues as a high priority and to share the Declaration with the Executive Board.

The Global Climate and Health Alliance asserts that climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century, particularly impacting sub-Saharan Africa. The document commits health professionals to reducing the carbon footprint of medical institutions, increasing health system resilience, and advocating for a binding global agreement that prioritizes human health and equitable emissions reductions.

The document details how the climate crisis and fossil fuel combustion drive severe health outcomes, including 8 million annual premature deaths from air pollution and extreme risks for 1 billion children. It advocates for 'healthy NDCs'—Nationally Determined Contributions that integrate health into energy, transport, and agriculture sectors—noting that every dollar invested in climate adaptation can yield four dollars in economic and health benefits. It specifically calls for health professionals to advocate for these policies ahead of the 2025 NDC 3.0 submissions.

The Healthy NDC Scorecard evaluates national climate commitments (NDCs) based on climate ambition, health impacts, and governance. It categorizes outcomes ranging from 'Paris Agreement compliant' and 'Science aligned' to those that are 'Catastrophic for human health', specifically tracking temperature trajectories from 1.5°C to over 4°C.

The document highlights a significant financing gap for climate-resilient health systems, noting that adaptation finance for developing countries fell to US$26 billion in 2023. It argues that climate and health financing currently operate in siloes, with fewer than half of costed National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) quantifying health adaptation estimates. The briefing recommends increasing grant-based public finance, integrating health strengthening into climate frameworks, and expanding fiscal space through debt relief and fossil fuel subsidy reform.

The document outlines key findings from a global report on the health impacts of fossil fuels, asserting that pollution affects individuals from fetal development to old age and causes harm throughout the entire fossil fuel life cycle. It highlights that these health impacts are systemic, persistent, and unjustly distributed across communities and nations, while noting that climate and health policies have generally ignored these multidimensional harms.

The report 'Cradle to Grave' details the systemic health impacts of fossil fuels across their entire value chain—extraction, refining, transport, combustion, and disposal. It highlights how these processes cause respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological diseases, disproportionately affecting marginalized communities in 'sacrifice zones'. The document argues that current climate policies overlook these multidimensional health harms and calls for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, the adoption of the 'Polluter Pays' principle, and a transition to renewable energy to prevent millions of premature deaths.

The document outlines the systemic health impacts of the fossil fuel life cycle, emphasizing that pollution affects individuals from fetal development through old age. It highlights the disproportionate burden on marginalized communities and calls for an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion, the elimination of subsidies, and the adoption of a 'polluter-pays' principle to fund a health-centered transition to renewable energy.

The document details how fossil fuel production and combustion cause systemic health damage from fetal development through old age, disproportionately affecting marginalized populations in 'sacrifice zones'. It highlights that global fossil fuel subsidies reached an estimated US$ 7 trillion in 2022, including US$ 5.7 trillion in implicit subsidies representing unaccounted social and health costs. The report advocates for a 'just transition' that includes ending new fossil fuel projects, internalizing health costs via the 'polluter pays' principle, and redirecting financial resources toward renewable energy and public health infrastructure.

The document details how fossil fuels cause systemic health damage across their entire value chain, affecting individuals from fetal development through old age. It highlights the disproportionate burden on marginalized communities in 'sacrifice zones' and calls for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, the cessation of new exploration, and the internalisation of health costs through the 'polluter pays' principle to facilitate a just energy transition.

The document details how fossil fuels cause systemic health damage, affecting organs such as the heart, lungs, and brain, with specific vulnerabilities identified for children, the elderly, and pregnant women. It further maps these health risks to the entire fossil fuel lifecycle, from extraction and refining to combustion and waste.

A statement from global health leaders calling for the total elimination of fossil fuels to address the root cause of the climate crisis and improve public health outcomes. The authors argue that transitioning to renewable energy will reduce premature deaths from air pollution, lower healthcare costs, and protect ecosystems, while warning against 'false solutions' like carbon capture and storage (CCS). They demand a just energy transition, the redirection of fossil fuel subsidies toward health and climate solutions, and the exclusion of fossil fuel industry lobbyists from climate negotiations.

The CLEANAIR NDC Scorecard evaluates the alignment of national climate commitments with clean air goals, categorizing countries by air pollution mortality rates and scoring them across health impacts, air pollutants, source sectors, and economics and finance.