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Climate change and health: how to apply for Nexa’s funding
Climate change is harming the health of the communities you serve. Nexa is a new funding programme that aims to invest money in local solutions to that harm. This guide helps you decide, quickly, whether to apply, what Nexa wants to fund, and how the process works. It is written for a community-based leader who…
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Climate change and health: from flood to funder
The London Climate Week launch on 21 June 2026 of a new call from global partners turned three years of listening to community-based health workers into money on the table. What the room did not decide is whether the money will reach them the same way the listening did. In Fada, Burkina Faso, what happens…
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Climate and health: seven quotes from global leaders putting money on the table for local communities
On 21 June 2026, Grand Challenges Canada and Science for Africa Foundation convened a global consortium of partners to London. Together, they announced a new call to “invest in bold, locally led solutions that help health systems anticipate and respond to climate-driven health threats”. Here are seven notable quotes we wrote down during the event.…
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Climate and health: Reda Sadki’s remarks at the Nexa funding announcement in support of local community responses
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Reda Sadki spoke on the expert panel at the launch of the Nexa funding announcement in London on 21 June 2026, in conversation with panelists Dr Devotha Nyambo of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania, Dr Claude Pirmez of Fiocruz in Brazil. The panel was moderated…
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A global health framework for Artificial Intelligence as co-worker to support networked learning and local action
The theme of International Education Day 2025, “AI and education: Preserving human agency in a world of automation,” invites critical examination of how artificial intelligence might enhance rather than replace human capabilities in learning and leadership. Global health education offers a compelling context for exploring this question, as mounting challenges from climate change to persistent…
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Health at COP29: Workforce crisis meets climate crisis
Health workers are already being transformed by climate change. COP29 stakeholders can either support this transformation to strengthen health systems, or risk watching the health workforce collapse under mounting pressures. The World Health Organization’s “COP29 Special Report on Climate Change and Health: Health is the Argument for Climate Action“ highlights the health sector’s role in…
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Can Teach to Reach help your organization?
Teach to Reach stands as a unique nexus in the global health landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities for diverse stakeholders to engage, learn, and drive meaningful change. With over 60,000 participants from more than 90 countries, this platform, network, and community bring together a mix of frontline health workers, policymakers, and key decision-makers. At Teach to…
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How will we turn a climate change and health resolution at the World Health Assembly into local action?
This video was prepared by the World Health Organization with voices of health workers speaking at the Special Event “From community to planet” hosted by The Geneva Learning Foundation. The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) has developed a new model that could help address the urgent challenge of climate change impacts on health by empowering and…
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Climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for action
As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate conference, the Geneva Learning Foundation called for the insights of health workers on the frontlines of climate and health to be heard amidst the global dialogue. Ahead of Teach to Reach 10, a new eyewitness report analyses 219 new insights shared by 122 health professionals – primarily those working in local…
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