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COP30 ATACH Day: Accelerating Action on Climate and HealthPhoto credit: Alexandra Egorova / WHO

COP30 ATACH Day: Accelerating Action on Climate and Health

18 November 2025 | Experts convened at the COP30 Health Pavilion for insightful discussions on how to accelerate action on climate and health on ATACH Day

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New ATACH technical products launched at COP30

14 November 2025 | Launch of two new technical products: Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems and Decarbonizing the healthcare supply chain: strategic actions for health systems.

4 people in a boatPhoto credit: Albert Oliveira

Announcing the Belém Health Action Library

14 November 2025 | ATACH welcomes the official release of the Belém Health Action Library, a living repository of case studies that documents the diverse and dedicated health system adaptation actions taken around the world.

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Smart Buys: High-Value Actions for Health Sector Adaptation

Developed by the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and KfW with support from partners, this report offers countries a set of options of adaptable, cost-beneficial actions to strengthen health sector adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change.

Category: Guidance document

Decarbonizing the healthcare supply chain: strategic actions for health systems

This report outlines practical strategies for decarbonizing health supply chains through aligning sustainable procurement practices, optimizing product and service use, and accelerating supplier action. It outlines key interventions for leaders and policymakers, including procurement levers and low-regret actions to reduce carbon emissions.

Categories: Action Plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Guidance document, Global, Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems

Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in health systems

This guidance defines a common approach for health system emissions measurement that is aligned with international standards and best practice, setting out how health systems can develop the necessary internal capabilities to measure emissions consistently and effectively over time.

Categories: GHG emissions baseline assessments, Guidance document, Global, Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems

Key facts

5.2 %
The health care sector is responsible for approximately
of global greenhouse gas emissions. (The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels. Romanello, Marina et al. The Lancet, Volume 400, Issue 10363, 1619 - 1654)
28 %
Only
of ministries of health in low-and-lower-middle-income countries are currently receiving international funds to support climate change and health work. (2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report)
101
countries and areas have formally committed to building climate resilient and/or low carbon sustainable health systems as part of the COP26 Health Programme.

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