Over 450 organizations representing over 45 million health workers, together with over 3,400 individuals from 102 different countries, have written an open letter to Heads of State around the world as well as every nation’s lead climate negotiator, calling for urgent climate action to protect people’s health.
As one of three partners of the COP26 Health Programme, together with the COP26 Presidency and the World Health Organization, Health Care Without Harm has been working to encourage countries to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems. On November 9, 2021, at the COP26, 50 countries announced their commitment. Josh Karliner, International Director of Program and Strategy of Health Care Without Harm, explains the significance of these health care climate actions and this historic moment.
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Release of COVID-19 and Climate-Smart Health Care report
Health professionals organizations from South Asia, South-East Asia, South Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean celebrated the publication of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) revised guidelines on Air Quality and called their respective governments to work collaboratively to solve the air pollution crisis.
Las negociaciones climáticas de las Naciones Unidas en noviembre, la COP26, son un momento determinante para encaminar al mundo hacia la protección de las personas ante un cambio climático catastrófico. La comunidad de la salud en todo el mundo se ha unido para enviar un mensaje a las y los representantes de los países que asistirán a la COP26, exigiendo una acción climática ambiciosa que permita proteger a la salud humana y planetaria de los impactos del cambio climático.