WHO-HCWH Climate Report
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
Gary Cohen, Uncommon Hero
HCWH's co-founder Gary Cohen is a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award. This video, chronicling the evolution of HCWH's work, premiered at the 2009 Skoll World Forum. enlarge video
HCWH's co-founder Gary Cohen is a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award. This video, chronicling the evolution of HCWH's work, premiered at the 2009 Skoll World Forum. enlarge video
Tackling Climate Change: The Good News
Many measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have surprising health co-benefits. This is above and beyond the benefits to come from reducing climate change itself. enlarge video
Many measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have surprising health co-benefits. This is above and beyond the benefits to come from reducing climate change itself. enlarge video
Opportunities for Action
Urgent action from all sectors of society is necessary to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The risk to human health and the environment is high.
HCWH has recently launched the Global Climate and Health Resource Center.
Together the World Federation of Public Health Associations, the Climate and Health Council and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, HCWH is organizing the first Global Climate and Health Summit.
The Summit will take place on December 4 in Durban South Africa parallel to the COP 17 climate negotiations. The event will bring together key health sector actors to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health, as well as economic equity between and within nations.
Key Resources
- Climate Change and Human Health: Present and Future Risks (pdf)
- Best Environmental Practices in the Healthcare Sector (pdf) - A Guide to improve the healthcare sector environmental performance
- Energy Star program for Health Care
website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
Aims at addressing the climate footprint of the health sector - IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Saving Carbon, Improving Health: NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy for England (pdf)
- Solar clinics in Tanzania (website of Solar Electric Light Fund)
- Stop Trashing the Climate
GAIA Report on Waste and Climate - World Health Organization website for information about Climate Change and Human Health
Dr. Maro and Dr. Wilks at COP16 Negotiations
Pendo Maro, Senior Climate and Energy Advisor, Health Care Without Harm, and Michael Wilks, board member of HCWH Europe, talk about how investment in reducing greenhouse gases produces immediate and lasting benefits to health. enlarge video
Pendo Maro, Senior Climate and Energy Advisor, Health Care Without Harm, and Michael Wilks, board member of HCWH Europe, talk about how investment in reducing greenhouse gases produces immediate and lasting benefits to health. enlarge video
The Impact of Climate Change on Health: Most people now know that climate change is a serious issue. Few, however, are aware of the extraordinary impacts that climate change will have specifically on health. The Climate Code Green Campaign addresses the impact of climate change on health. enlarge video
