protecting health from climate change requires concerted action and radical approaches: a discussion of recent progress in international climate negotiations

Climate change and health: recent progress

Editorials 774 It is almost 20 years since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its second assessment report; the first to include a chapter on human health. It is almost eight years since the IPCC and Al Gore were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for work on climate change. What progress has since been made on the climate change and health agenda? Most relevant ...

international climate negotiations: health to the rescue?

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International climate negotiations: health to the rescue?

Non-State Actors in International Climate Change Negotiations: A Synthesis

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have, over the past decades, come to play a central role in international environmental negotiations. While this growing NGO participation has attracted considerable academic interest, scant attention has to date been paid to the strategic decisions of NGOs before and during actual negotiations: When do they decide to become active in international politics...

Climate Change Negotiations

The policy problem posed by climate change is daunting. Absent evidence that climate change is not a risk to human and natural systems, the world faces an unending series of difficult international negotiations about measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions. To be successful, the resulting climate regime must be able to survive over many decades, adapting to changing economic conditions, to e...

Protecting Health from Climate Change in the WHO European Region

"How far are we in implementing climate change and health action in the WHO European Region?" This was the question addressed to representatives of WHO European Member States of the working group on health in climate change (HIC). Twenty-two Member States provided answers to a comprehensive questionnaire that focused around eight thematic areas (Governance; Vulnerability, impact and adaptation ...