Signal WHO made climate and health a core agenda and COP28 adopted a declaration on climate and health

Summary

The climate-governance overview reports that the World Health Organization has designated climate change and health as one of its core health agendas. It adds that COP28 adopted a declaration on climate and health, with the WHO playing a central role. The survey presents these steps as evidence that climate governance is no longer confined to environmental and energy policy. Heat deaths, infectious disease and nutrition crises are expanding together as climate disasters become routine, and developing countries face flooded hospitals, departing health workers and broken vaccine cold chains. Against that background, the declaration marks a shift toward a multi-layered governance model that joins health, security and disaster response.