Parallel Session - The impacts of climate change and the degradation of biodiversity on health are already evident, and will become increasingly severe, undermining the “right to health” cited in the Paris Agreement. The actual and potential impacts of climate change are wide-ranging, including both direct and indirect effects on the social, material, and environmental determinants of health. Against this background, the international community is becoming increasingly attentive to the interaction between climate change, health, and wellbeing, and the need for mutually reinforcing policies and actions. For example, the COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health calls for addressing the interactions between climate change, human health and wellbeing. This session presented research and practice examples that explore the interdependencies, and potential for co-benefits, across the three overlapping areas.
This session was moderated by Chris Brown, Head of Office, World Health Organization.
