ENBEL was present and organized two side-events at the WHO health pavilion at COP27 highlighting the climate change impacts on woman’s health and how to advance climate change and health agenda, policy and financing in Africa.

In the run-up to COP27 ENBEL joined forces with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent and shared and amazing set of over 30 pieces of art, accompanied by personal stories on climate change.

While air pollution from PM2.5-emissions have been reduced in Europe and North America, air pollution from wildfires is increasing. With climate change, we will see more wildfires, risking that the impacts of the efforts that have been made to mitigate air pollution and related negative health effects could be diminished.

A set of concrete recommendations to advance the climate and health agenda and to address climate-related health risks were identified by the participants in a climate and health workshop in Uganda co-organised by ENBEL-partner Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and the Ugandan Ministry of Health.

More capacity is needed to monitor health effects and inequities, evaluate adaptation and mitigation interventions, address current under-representations of low- or middle-income countries, and translate research into effective policymaking, argues researchers and public health experts.

A broad range of topics related to environment, climate and health were discussed when researchers, policymakers and practitioners met for the European Public Health conference recently. Our colleagues were there and share their reflections on how the topic of climate change and health featured at the conference.

Climate change is undermining every dimension of global health monitored, states the most recent Lancet Countdown report that is tracking the connection between health and climate change.

All around the world, human health is increasingly being impacted by global warming. In a new animation we highlight what our network of researchers and projects are working on to get more knowledge of how climate change impacts health and what evidence and knowledge is needed to tackle health risks associated with climate change.

This summer has started with unprecedented heat waves and record high temperatures in many places even before the summer solstice, giving a sign of what we can expect and the challenges it may pose for our health. Heatwaves are deadly, but the health impacts can often be prevented with the right measures. We talked to our experts to learn more.

The Climate Health African Network for Collaboration and Engagement (CHANCE), successfully conducted its first on-site meeting in Tswane, South Africa, 23-24 June gathering more than 60 onsite and more than 150 virtual attendees.

Heat waves are deadly. But there are simple actions we can all take to protect ourselves, our neighbours, our family members and friends. These include drinking water, resting in the shade, and avoiding outdoor activity in the hottest part of the day.

Join us to discuss and learn more about the health effects of climate change as we kick off the climate and health day of the European Public Health Week 2022!

The recently published report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report (AR6) paints a gloomy picture of what the future may hold regarding impacts of climate change. We have looked at some of the main findings regarding the core topics of the ENBEL project – health impacts related to environmental and occupational heat, air pollution (including from wildfires), and infectious diseases.

Health specialists at the Climate Centre are analysing flows of adaptation finance and looking at how much of this funding is used for local health programming. Preliminary results from our research on national commitments and funding streams provides an insight into the landscape of climate action.

ENBEL partner get 8 million USD in new funding from the US Government to improve workers’ health and safety in the face of climate change in Central America. 

How can projects working on heat and workers health, cardiopulmonary impacts of heat and air pollution, cascading climate risks and social vulnerability and community resilience find potential synergies and joint actions?

The ENBEL project is accepted as a member of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to advance action on Climate and Health for the next two years.