Publication
28 Feb 2019
In preparation for the WHO European high-level conference on noncommunicable diseases: time to deliver – meeting NCD targets to achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Europe: 9–10 April 2019, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Air pollution is the second leading cause of deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), after tobacco-smoking. In 2018, the third United Nations high-level meeting on...
Publication
28 Feb 2019
Urbanization is one of the leading global trends of the 21st century, and has a significant impact on health and well-being, partic- ularly in relation to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Cities and local governments play crucial roles in supporting people living with NCDs, co-creating health with patients and communities, building health literacy and fostering empowerment and, through adopting ev...
Report
18 Feb 2019
This publication highlights the impact of climate change on human mobility. It provides facts and figures on climate change, case-study examples, and describes the IFRC Policy on Migration.
Fact sheet
18 Feb 2019
This report provides a series of case studies from communities across the state, demonstrating how local communities can incorporate climate change impacts and solutions into public health and strategies.
Report
02 Jan 2019
A study on the impact of air pollution on children. The study found that around 300 million children currently live in areas where outdoor air pollution exceeds internation guidelines by at least six times.
Report
02 Jan 2019
This report looks at the impact of rising temperatures due to climate change on the workforce. Rising heat in the workplace implies severe effects for Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging economies with high concentrations of outdoor labour and industrial and service sector workers operating in ineffectively climate controlled conditions.
Report
28 Dec 2018
This document provides guidance to city leaders in establishing a framework for the management, control and optimization of the Smart Sustainable City environment as a laboratory for innovation and urban simulation.
Report
13 Dec 2018
This report aims to build the evidence base on children and climate change by focusing on the major climate-related risks; children’s current and future exposure to these risks; and the policies required to protect children from these risks.
Publication
06 Dec 2018
This book brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children’s rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the children of today and tomorrow.
Publication
06 Dec 2018
This synthesis report is the first publication showing the progress, challenges and opportunities of global monitoring of this Sustainable Development Goal. This report complements the 2018 Secretary-General’s Progress Report on SDGs which shows progress in the form of story lines, and the 2018 Secretary-General’s first quadrennial report on progress made in the implementation of the New Urban...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
06 Dec 2018
This brief provides an overview of the movement to implement California's climate change legislation in ways that offer maximum co-benefits to health, equity, and sustainability, and an overview of California's Health in All Policies movement, to show what communities advocating for healthier food and physical activity environments could gain by connecting to or leveraging off of these efforts.
Report
03 Dec 2018
This report, aims to outline the interconnections between climate change and diabetes; establish the co-benefits of combating two global risks in an integrated policy agenda; and inform the global discussion on health and sustainable development.
