12/05/2026
Health professionals see it every day – in their patients, systems, and the decisions they are forced to make. Climate change is already reshaping the conditions in which care is delivered, and evidence alone is no longer enough.
Working with 30 experts from 21 organisations through a global Knowledge-to-Action Dialogue, Health Care Without Harm developed a new policy brief built around five key indicators. What came out of those conversations was striking – not because the problems are new, but because the solutions are clearer and more actionable than ever. This is not just a "why" – it is a "how."
The recommendations are:
1. Conduct mandatory climate-health vulnerability assessments with cross-sector collaboration
2. Translate high-level policy into practical, multi-stakeholder emergency readiness
3. Institutionalise climate and health education across professional training
4. Elevate health-led clean air advocacy through research, forums, and community engagement
5. Embed decarbonisation into health economics, standards, and accountability systems
The brief translates evidence into clear, actionable steps to strengthen both policy and practice across the health sector.
Share the brief with your institution, bring it into your next clinical or leadership meeting, and help turn climate-health evidence into standard practice.
Read the full policy brief here: https://global.noharm.org/news/five-policy-recommendations-protect-communities-changing-climate
