In an effort to better understand evolving governance around heat and health, the Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and HIGH Horizons Project, is calling for submissions of Heat Health Action Plans, National Health Adaptation Plans and related governance documents containing heat health components from around the world.

The collected plans will inform policy analyses of global and thematic coverage and content of existing plans: where they are, who they protect, and how. This initiative will also help the Network update their global inventory of heat health policy efforts.

“We want a better perspective of how governments around the world are responding to the increasing risks of extreme heat on health,” explains Joy Shumake-Guillemot, lead of the WMO-WHO Joint Office for Climate and Health, “For example, how is new evidence on heat and occupational health, maternal and child health, and mental health being incorporated into preparedness investments and policy at provincial, municipal or national levels?”