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- 1. Climate change, health and environment: a regional framework for action 20232029 Mazen Malkawi Regional Advisor, Climate, Health and Environment 11 October 2023
- 2. “The most pressing reasons for urgent climate action are the impacts not in the future, but right now, on health” WHO Director-General, May 2023
- 4. By 2030, the rate of climate-related deaths per 100 000 people in the Region will be double the global rate 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EUR WPR AMR Global SEAR EMR AFR Climate change-attributable deaths per 100 000 people African Region Eastern Mediterranean Region South-East Asia Region Region of the Americas Western Pacific Region European Region Global
- 5. Why a new framework for action on climate and health? • To complete the unfinished agenda of the 2017–2021 framework for action • To help the countries of the Region to implement the evolving WHO COP26 Health Programme, following the guidance of COP27 and COP28 • To build on recent initiatives such as the regional agenda for building resilient health systems to advance universal health coverage and ensure health security, the regional One Health joint plan of action, and the regional roadmap on building resilient communities for better health and well- being
- 6. Examples of the targeted changes 20232029 Current status Heath sector contribution WHO’s contribution Targets Health and climate policy-making are not synchronized Health professionals become active in negotiations on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Integrate health into the UNFCCC and relevant negotiations at regional and national levels Health is prioritized in national and regional climate policies, and vice versa Climate-change mitigation and adaptation are insufficient and neglect health opportunities Develop a robust evidence- base and policy-relevant guidance on the health effects of mitigation and adaptation actions Provide a comprehensive set of evidence summaries, profiles, technical guidance, tools and research priorities Faster climate- change mitigation and adaptation that maximizes health co-benefits
- 7. Framework for action 20232029: Objectives Build climate-resilient and environmentally- sustainable health systems Prioritize health in climate-change policies Engage the health sector to support climate action by other sectors Improve the health sector’s access to climate-change funding Build a robust evidence base for policy-making
- 8. Within health systems Integrate climate change with other health programmes Ensure environmental sustainability of health services Adopt cleaner energy Establish climate-informed surveillance and early warning system …… With other related sectors Conduct a climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessment Develop a health adaptation plan Support resilience and adaptation in health- determining sectors Conduct health co-benefit studies ……. With the community Rapidly deploy green technologies that can deliver a healthy energy transformation Empower young people who are driving meaningful, impactful and positive change locally, nationally and regionally Involve youth and community leaders in climate change and health decision-making processes ……… Framework for action 20232029: Examples of strategic country actions
- 9. Ministries of Health are requested to • Designate and empower national focal points for implementation of the framework • Prepare and implement national plans of action on climate change and health 20232029 • Allocate adequate domestic resources and facilitate access to climate change funds • Integrate the climate change and health programme with the national climate change programme • Support the Alliance for Transformative Actions on Climate Change and Health (ATACH)
- 10. 14 countries/territories in the Region have committed to strengthening the climate resilience and sustainability of health systems and facilities Committed Not committed
- 11. The Regional Committee is invited to endorse the proposed framework for action 20232029.
Editor's Notes
- Your excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I hope the video was able to reflect the urgency for taking action on climate change and health. I will share with you some highlights of a 6-year framework for action to minimize the health impacts of climate change in the region
- Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen I will reiterate what our Director General said earlier this year during the Would Health Assembly : we need to act now as climate changes are affecting health now not in the future
- Your excellencies, there is a big reason to be worried about our future. Climatic changes in the region will be stronger and faster than other parts of the world. I will share with you some examples of current & future health impacts of climate changes People in the region will be exposed to higher temperatures for longer times. In 2022 annual mean temperature in the region increased by 1.84 degrees. It will further increase to the extent that some of the cities of the region will not be livable by the end of the century. Heat related mortality and morbidity is increasing and will further increase. Several deadly heat waves affected the region. For example, a heat wave killed 1200 people in Krachi in 2015 Deadly flash floods are reported in different countries of the region. Floods destroyed health infrastructure, increased water and vector borne disease such as cholera, malaria and dengue. The recent floods in Libya & Pakistan are very sad examples where thousands of people were killed, and thousands of health care facilities were destroyed Water scarcity and droughts will intensify (lakes and rivers are drying in different parts of the region), and more drought events causing malnutrition and forcing people to move from their homes and cities More dust storms which increase the already high levels of air pollution that is killing more than 560,000 people annually Sea level will rise. Several EMR cities will be drawn unless proper action is taken
- Due to lack of data and poor methodologies only small part of the health impacts of climate change is quantifiable. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress. The impacts are not equal in the WHO regions. The rate of deaths in the region is almost double of the rate of world
- Your excellencies The implementation of the 2017–2021 regional framework faced several challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and other protracted emergencies, a lack of human and financial resources and siloed decision-making on climate change and health. WHO launched in 2021 the COP26 Health program including commitments on building the climate resilience and sustainability of health systems (Health systems that are not harming the environment, and are not harmed by climate change). COP27 in Egypt and the coming COP28 in UAE opened/ will open a lot of opportunities for technical and financial support ATACH, I-CAN, Loss and Damage Fund, GFC, Global Adaptation Funds etc. We should not miss these opportunities The new framework for action will synchronize the climate change action with exiting initiatives such as such as the regional agenda for building resilient health systems towards universal health coverage and health security, the regional One Health joint plan of action (2022–2026), health in all policies, the SDGs and the regional roadmap on building resilient communities for better health and well-being in the Region.
- Your excellencies I will share with you two examples of the changes that we should jointly targeting by 2029
- The framework of action was designed in line recommendation of regional expert meetings, the global climate change and health program, and regional and international partners. The main objectives of the framework are: Build climate-resilient and environmentally-sustainable health systems and facilities Prioritize health in climate-change policies. Enrich the nationally determined contributions climate change plan with health mitigation and adaptation interventions GHGs are produced by other sectors such as energy, transport, agricultures, etc. Improve the health sector’s access to climate-change funding (domestic and international) Build a robust evidence base for policy-making (health co-benefits studies of adaptation and mitigation interventions)
- Strategic country actions are categorized in three groups. I will share with examples of these action The first category included action within the health system The second category includes action with other related sectors The third category includes action on with the public
- Your excellencies, we need your support to facilitate the implementation of the framework for action, we need you to: Designate and empower national focal points for implementation of the framework Prepare and implement national plans of action on climate change and health 2023-29 Allocate adequate domestic resources and facilitate access to climate change funds Integrate the climate change and health program with the national climate change programme Support the Alliance for Transformative Actions on Climate Change and Health (ATACH)
- To elaborate more on the last recommended action, I will share this map and would like to seize this opportunity to call upon the 14 committed countries to accelerate activities to strengthen the climate resilience and environmental sustainability of health systems And call upon the other 8 countries to consider joining the WHO COP26 Health Programme through announcing their commitments to build climate resilient and sustainably health systems. This will open doors for technical and financial support (WHO is ready to support)
- I will conclude my presentation by asking the esteemed committee to endorse the proposed framework for action on climate change and health