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WHO guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning

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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America

Scope of work

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Good practices and lessons learned

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Date of submission

Abbreviation

Activities

Adaptation element

Adaptation planning and practices; Vulnerability assessment

Adaptation sector/theme

Health

Climate hazard

Increasing temperatures

Country

NWPDataSource

Partner portal

Description

The guidance outlines the process to be followed to ensuring to protect health from climate change is achieved. This can be achieved by making climate resilient health systems at a national level.

Expected outcome

Further information

http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/guidance-health-adaptation-planning/en/

NWPGeographicScope

National

Indicators of achievement

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Educational/training material

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World Health Organization

Purpose

Regional group

Target group

Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners

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Type of knowledge resource

Scale of work

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Implementing partners

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

NWPYearPublication

2014

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