The side event will showcase progress on promoting the COP26 Health Initiative on Building Climate Resilient and Sustainable Low Carbon Health Systems in the AFRO and EMRO Regions and will deep dive on opportunities and challenges for their implementation taking stock of existing networks and partnerships, such as the Clim-health, and considering the important momentum created in the frames of the COP27.
WHO is strongly involved on climate and health globally, with active participation to the preparation of COP27, and mainly through the “Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH)
” Initiative. Specifically, the MoH of Cote d’ Ivoire along with Sante Canada are co-chairing the TWG on Climate Resilient health systems aiming to support member states in adopting a strategy for enhancing the health systems’ adaptation to climate change.
The event will also expand on a discussion of how to support fast-tracking implementation of a package of 37 measures developed by the Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa
, funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in partnership with UNEP ROA, the African Union Commission, and the Stockholm Environment Institute.
Speakers:
- Dr Brama Kone’, WHO Regional Office for Africa
- Dr Mazen Malkawi, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Carolyn Tateishi, Director, Climate Change and Innovation Bureau, Health Canada
- Youba Sokona, Coordinating Co-Chair, Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa and Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Adelheid ONYANGO, Director of UHP (Universal Health Coverage – Healthier Populations Cluster), WHO Regional Office for Africa
- Guest speaker: Dr Fawzia Rasheed, Senior Advisor, Climate and Environment Lead, the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS)
- Moderator: Mr Guy Mbayo, WHO Regional Office for Africa
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