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  • European Climate Risk Assessment highlights also imminent threats to human health

    11 Mar 2024

    Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and climate risks are threatening people’s health, as well as several aspects contributing to people's wellbeing, including its energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, and financial stability. According to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) assessment, many of these risks have already reached critical levels and could become catastrophic without urgent and decisive action.

  • EU Health Policy Platform call for proposals 2024

    07 Mar 2024

    The European Commission invites health stakeholders to submit proposals for a new cycle of Thematic Networks under the EU Health Policy Platform framework. These Thematic Networks are created for stakeholder organisations to collaborate and produce a Joint Statement on a specific issue in different public health areas, including climate change and health. The deadline for submission is 3 April 2024, 23.59h CEST.

  • ECDC launches video on the climate-induced spread of mosquito-borne diseases and protection measures

    01 Mar 2024

    The video by the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) explains how climate change creates more favourable conditions in Europe for pathogen- and disease-carrying mosquitos, and how we can protect ourselves against falling ill for mosquito-borne diseases.

  • ENBEL publishes new set of policy briefs

    19 Feb 2024

    A new set of policy briefs, on climate services, child health and infectious disease surveillance in Africa, has been added to the ENBEL Knowledge Portal. The Portal now includes 9 policy briefs presenting knowledge on climate change-related health impacts and interventions, gathered through ENBEL and its network of climate and health partner research projects.

  • CLIMOS project launches video and podcast about sand fly-borne diseases

    12 Feb 2024

    The CLIMOS project, dedicated to mitigate climate- and climate change-induced emergence, transmission and spread of sand fly-borne diseases, launched a new video and podcast episode, which explain the relevance of focusing on the environmental aspects related to sand-fly borne diseases.

  • New CLIMOS Stakeholder Network welcomes members interested in vector-borne diseases

    12 Feb 2024

    The CLIMOS project recently launched its Stakeholder Network, and invites European organizations and individual members with an interest to mitigate climate change-induced emergence and spread of sand fly-borne diseases to join forces.

  • Contribution to WHO's new research agenda for action on climate and health

    08 Jan 2024

    WHO is developing its new research agenda for action on climate and health (REACH 2035), aiming at setting research priorities to accelerate progress towards climate and health goals. REACH 2035 will be developed through a series of consultative workshops around the world. All researchers, experts and practitioners working at the intersection of climate and health can express their interest to participate in these workshops and contribute to the creation of REACH 2035.

  • Hospital infrastructure at growing risk of shutdown due to climate change

    05 Jan 2024

    Without a rapid phase out of fossil fuels and hospital adaptation measures, Europe could have up to four times more - or over 1,000 hospitals - at high risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather events by 2100, a recent study by XDI finds. In some countries, nearly 30% of all hospitals face serious risks. Since 1990, global warming has already resulted in a 27% increase in risk of damage to hospital infrastructure. Coastal inundation and flooding are the main driving hazards.

  • COP28 agreement calls for transitioning away from fossil fuels but lacks global plan for adaptation

    13 Dec 2023

    In Dubai, world leaders agreed on a decision text of the COP28 climate summit. The text calls for "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems", but no phase-out. While it is the first time that a text in a climate agreement mentions moving away from fossil fuels, the root cause for climatic change and its impact on human health and well-being, the text lacks explicit commitments related to mitigation, adaptation and finance for these actions.

  • WHO publishes operational framework for climate resilient health systems

    12 Dec 2023

    With publication of this operational framework for building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidance on how the health sector can systematically and effectively address challenges presented by climate change and transform health systems. The goals is to increase the climate resilience of health systems, to ensure safe care in a changing climate and to protect and improve the health of communities.