Implementing the European Regional Framework for Action to protect health from climate change - a status report
This report provides a snapshot of the implementation status of measures to protect health from climate change in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region by the end of 2012. It describes and summarizes the answers to a survey across the countries.
A total of 22 Member States answered questions focusing on eight thematic areas or topics: governance, vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessments, national and sub-national adaptation strategies, climate-change mitigation, strengthening of health systems, awareness raising and capacity building, green health services and sharing best practices. This publication describes and analyses their responses. The heterogeneity of answers is substantial. The risks from climate change and the sensitivities of health systems and populations vary among and even within countries. Action or inaction is considered to reflect each country’s specific situation, including national priority setting and decision-making, and the report avoids offering any judgment or comparative evaluation.
The report was developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe with support from the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (WHO/ECEH) in Bonn,Germany. It was revised and commented on by country representatives at the second meeting of the Working Group on Health in Climate Change (HIC) on 9 December 2013 in Bonn, Germany.
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