COP28 UAE Presidency, in collaboration with WHO, the Wellcome Trust and partners, is hosting the first-ever Health Day at the COP28 UN Climate Conference, taking place in Dubai, the UAE from 30 November to 12 December 2023.
The Health Day will be focusing on 5 key topics:
- Showcasing evidence base and clear impact pathways between climate change and human health
- Promoting "health arguments for climate action" and health co-benefits of mitigation
- Highlighting needs, barriers and best practices for strengthening climate resilience of health systems
- Identifying and scaling adaptation measures to address the impacts of climate change on human health (including through One Health)
- Taking action at the nexus of health and relief, recovery and peace.
The first-ever COP28 Health Day will feature the following events:
- Health Day Opening: Unpacking political and financial commitments
- How climate change affects our health
- Health response to climate change in context of G20
- How ambitious emission reductions can save lives
- Adaptation & resilience to address the health impacts of climate change
- Finance roundtable on climate and health: strengthening the role of development banks and financial institutions
