The Experts
Elena Villalobos Prats – Technical Officer, World Health Organization
Elena Villalobos Prats is responsible for capacity development and country support for Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO). A lawyer by training, she has extensive experience in managing NGO-related development projects, including gender topics, in Asia and South America. She is currently responsible for implementing and providing technical support in the WHO’s workplan on climate change and health-related topics.
Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Head of the Climate Change and Health Unit, World Health Organization
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum is the Head of the Climate Change and Health Unit at WHO Headquarters. He has worked on the issue for over 20 years, playing key roles in the first quantitative estimates of global health impacts of climate change, resolutions of the World Health Assembly, WHO global conferences, and the expansion of WHO’s climate change and health support to over 30 low and middle income countries. A keen cyclist, he rode from Geneva to Paris for WHO’s 2nd Global Conference on Health and Climate Change.
The Class
Climate change is resulting in poorer health outcomes, increasing mortality and is a driver of health inequities. However, health is well placed to be a significant part of the solution. For example, the positive health impacts from stronger climate change action can motivate stronger global ambition; health systems that are resilient to climate change can help protect their populations from the negative impacts; and a green and health recovery from COVID-19 can make a substantial contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions while strengthening our resilience to health shocks.
This class on Climate Change and Health presents key information on climate change and its impacts on human health, provides an overview of the international climate change negotiations so far, and considers entry points to address health issues and priorities within climate change negotiations and policies.
The Details
November 2nd at 10:00 -11:00 GMT, WHO Health Pavilion, Blue Zone, Hall 5
November 4th at 15:30-16:30 GMT, WHO Health Pavilion, Blue Zone, Hall 5
Follow both classes live here.
Resources for Additional Learning
Online course on Climate Negotiations & Health: https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/online-course-climate-negotiations-health
Online course on Climate Change Negotiations & Health: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=127&page=overview
Online course on Climate Change & Health: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=20&page=overview
WHO’s work on Climate Change & Health: https://www.who.int/health-topics/climate-change#tab=tab_1
COP26 Health Programme: https://www.who.int/initiatives/cop26-health-programme
COP26 Special Report – The Health Argument for Climate Action: https://www.who.int/news/item/11-10-2021-who-s-10-calls-for-climate-action-to-assure-sustained-recovery-from-covid-19
