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WHO Activities inClimate Change and Health
James Creswick, Technical Officer
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Protecting health in an environment challenged by climate change: European Regional Framework for Action
Climate change, green health services and sustainable development (CGS): http://www.euro.who.int/climatechange
European Regional Framework for Action: http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/95882/Parma_EH_Conf_edoc06rev1.pdf
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Extreme Weather Events
• EuroHEAT project, co-funded by European Commission, focussed on:
– Improving public health responses to heat-waves;
– Development of heat-health action plans, their characteristics and core elements;
– Probability warning every summer
• Development of guidance for other extreme weather events – flooding and cold-wave guidance expected late-2011.
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WHO Activities in Climate Change and
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Pilot projects initiatives and results
• Seven-Country Initiative co-funded by WHO/Europe and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the European Commission
• National health VIA assessment: – Italy, Malta, Cyprus, and the seven countries Albania, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
and Uzbekistan;
• National government-approved adaptation strategies
• Economic assessment
• Scientific research results
• Green health services – economic assessment and country specific activities
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CEHAPIS Project
• “Climate, Environment and Health Action Plan and Information System” co-funded project by WHO/Europe and DG SANCO.
• Aim to provide an evaluation of policy options for a successful health adaptation to climate change and monitor trends.
• 6 work packages, completed late 2010 and submitted to the European Commission early 2011.
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Linkages between CEHAPIS Work Packages
Work Package 3Definition of objectives &
development of publichealth strategies
Work Package 4Analysis of the impacts &
effectiveness of policyoptions and actions
Work Package 5Policy monitoring
& assessment
Work Package 2Analysis of theconsequences
of climate change
Work Package 6Communication
& advocacy
Work Package 1 – Management and coordination
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WHO Contribution to the Clearinghouse• Threat specific information
– Extreme weather events, specifically:• Health responses to heat-waves and prediction tool
http://www.euroheat-project.org/dwd/index.php • Cold-waves and flooding, guidance expected late-2011
– Infectious disease and IHR specifications and country assessments• Policy related assessment material:
– Health impact assessment of policies and measures (CEHAPIS)– Vulnerability assessment template (Seven-Country Initiative)– National health adaptation action: essential elements– Economic damage and adaptation national assessment tool– Indicators
• Training materials and toolkit:– Health effects of climate change– How to assess the health effects– Economic assessment– National adaptation strategies
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European Environment and Health Information System (ENHIS)
• The system currently includes 22 health-related indicators• 2011 update expected
• Developing methodologies for 18 new indicators that will be used to monitor time-bound Parma commitments• Existing data• New surveillance programs
• Plan to incorporate 16 CEHAPIS indicators into ENHIS
• www.euro.who.int/ENHIS
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Regional Priority Goals to protect children’s health
• Improving access to safe water and sanitation
• Addressing obesity and injuries
• Improving outdoor and indoor air quality
• Preventing disease arising from chemical, biological and physical environments
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Topic areas for health-relevant indicators of climate change
1. Extreme weather events
1.1 Excess heat
1.2 Floods
2. Air quality
2.1 Ambient air quality
2.2 Air-borne pollen/allergens
3. Infectious diseases
3.1 Food-borne diseases
3.2 Water-borne diseases
3.3 Vector-borne diseases
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Tentative timeline for the implementation of new ENHIS indicators for Parma monitoring
• March 2010: Parma commitments established• November 2010: WHO consultation selected 18 indicators for Parma
monitoring• April 2011: WHO consultation defined methodologies for new data
collection to assess exposure to indoor air pollutants in schools • September 2011: WHO meeting on data collection methodologies• October 2011: 1st session of European Environment and Health Task Force
discuss Parma monitoring methods• Late 2011: New web-platform for ENHIS – dynamically-generated material• Early 2012: Pilot testing of new data collection methods in selected
countries• Final survey protocols: mid-2012• Survey implementation:
– Baseline round: winter 2012 – 2013– Follow-up surveys: winter 2014 – 2015
• Spring 2016: Progress assessment report for the 6th Ministerial Conference
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Thank You!
• James CreswickTechnical Officer, Climate Change and HealthWHO European Centre for Environment and [email protected]