climate change and health
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Climate change and health: 14 recommendations for health workers, national planners, and global partners
This article presents 14 practical recommendations for action on climate change and health. The recommendations are grounded in the experiences shared by thousands of health workers and documented in the Teach to Reach 11 report “Local action to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis on health” The recommendations below are what we conclude when…
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Climate change and health: 8 take-aways from community-based responses
In Niger, the rains in 2024 were heavier than anyone alive could remember. Elders told Sidikou Issaka Maiga that they had never seen rainfall destroy so much in such a short time. The flooding washed away tracks, drowned crops, and cut whole villages off from the nearest health facility. The seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign was…
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Nouvelles perspectives: les acteurs locaux mènent la réponse face aux impacts du changement climatique sur la santé
English | Français GENÈVE, 4 juin 2026 (La Fondation Apprendre Genève) – La saison des pluies suivait autrefois un rythme que tout le monde connaissait. À partir de 2021, les grandes pluies de novembre, décembre, et février ont cessé de se comporter comme avant. La rivière Lubiji a débordé plus longtemps. Le seul moyen de…
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New insights report: Health workers are leading community responses to climate change impacts on health
English | Français GENEVA, 4 June 2026 (The Geneva Learning Foundation) – The rainy season used to follow a pattern that everyone knew. From 2021 onwards, the heavy rains in November, December, and February stopped behaving as they used to. The Lubiji river overflowed for longer. The only crossing to the maternity hospital, a pirogue,…
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When the threats cross every boundary: A One Health primer connects professionals across sectors to learn from each other
A nurse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo treats children with recurring diarrhea after seasonal floods. A few kilometers away, a veterinary worker documents the same contaminated water killing livestock. They work for different ministries. They use different reporting systems. They have never met. The connection is invisible to the system, even though both workers…
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The road to transformative action on climate and health: what we can learn from the ATACH evaluation
The Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health is a voluntary coordination platform hosted by the World Health Organization, which provides its Secretariat. In early 2026, Cambridge Economic Policy Associates completed a formative evaluation of ATACH’s first year under its 2024 to 2028 strategy, assessing both what the alliance has achieved and where it…
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A thirst for change: frontline voices on World Water Day
Today, on World Water Day, The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) stands in solidarity with health and humanitarian workers in local communities across the globe who are battling the daily realities of climate change and water insecurity. Water is the foundation of human health, yet climate-driven extremes—ranging from severe droughts to catastrophic floods—are fundamentally threatening access…
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Development is adaptation: Bill Gates’s shift is actually about linking climate change and health
Bill Gates’ latest public memo marks a significant shift in how the world’s most influential philanthropist frames the challenge of climate change. He sees a future in which responding to climate threats and promoting well-being become two sides of the same mission, declaring, “development is adaptation.” Gates argues that the principal metric for climate action…
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How the Lancet Countdown illuminates a new path to climate-resilient health systems
The 2025 Lancet Countdown report has begun to acknowledge a critical, often-overlooked source of intelligence to build climate-resilient health systems: the health worker. By including testimonials from health workers alongside formal quantitative evidence, the Lancet cracks open a door, hinting at a world beyond globally standardized datasets. This is a necessary first step. However, the report’s…
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Climate change and health: a new peer learning programme by and for health workers from the most climate-vulnerable countries
GENEVA, Switzerland, 23 July 2025 (The Geneva Learning Foundation) –Today, The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) announces the launch of “Learning to lead change on the frontline of climate change and health,” the inaugural course in a new certificate programme designed by and for professionals facing climate change impacts on health. Enrollment is now open. The…
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