ENBEL Knowledge Portal

The latest film from the ENBEL project highlights the impact that the consortium has had in connecting climate and health research with policymaking. ENBEL has first and foremost contributed to making links between climate and health researchers.

ClimApp uses weather forecasts and personal information to inform people and provide tailored advice on how to manage heat and cold stress. The weather information, based on GPS location, includes air temperature, wind, humidity, solar radiation.

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hackAIR is an open technology platform that you can use to access information on air quality, thermal comfort and probability of forest fires in Europe. It was enhanced with additional functionalities and data as part of the EXHAUSTION project.

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Extreme heat affects health and wellbeing. Climate services developed in partnerships between national weather agencies and the health sector can protect populations from heatwaves and manage health services better.

Climate change disproportionately affects the health of children. Children bear the greatest burden of climate-sensitive diseases, particularly malnutrition, diarrhoeal disease and life-threatening dehydration. More effective interventions are needed

Health systems in Africa can be more resilient to emerging and re-emerging diseases by incorporating limate information into disease surveillance systems.

Climate change is playing a role in worsening prevalence of diarrheal diseases among young children in low-income countries. Early warnings extended to 4-12 weeks can empower health services and communities to proactively prepare and mitigate illness

Extreme heat and heat stress, in combination with air pollution (including from wildfires), may exacerbate existing health conditions and lead to death and disease.

Global knowledge platform dedicated to climate and health.

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To facilitate evidence-based decision-making, WHO has developed, in collaboration with experts, an online tool to estimate the value of reduced mortality that results from regular walking or cycling.

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Video recordings and presentation slides from the Climate & Health Solutions Conference

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Guidence to ministries of health, regional and local health authorities in designing, improving and implementing heat–health action plans to prevent the negative effects on health caused by heat and heat-waves.

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A collection of brief reports based on the PAHO Seminar Series towards Rio+20 about health, environment and sustainable development.

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Report about how many climate change measures can be “win-wins” for people and the planet in the occupational health sector.

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Review of the scientific evidence for the linkages between health and biodiversity, climate change and desertification and opportunities for more integrated and effective policy.

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Practical information and guidance to mitigate the different adverse health effects of climate change on women and men and tackle gender inequality.

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This report provides a brief summary of the available evidence on the health impacts of climate change, and considers the need for overall strengthening of the health system.

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This is technical briefing for the World Health Organization Conference on Health and Climate 2017. It points out that there is a very large, unrecognized potential to obtain health co-benefits from policies that reduce climate change.

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An overview of issues surrounding heat–health problem. Guidance how to assess and communicate heat related risks and plan protection.

English, French

Guidance for policymakers to design & implement science-based policy measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen & implement response to climate change, advance sustainable development poverty eradication and reduction of inequalities.

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