COP29 Spotlight on events

It's essential the spotlight stays on health at COP29. Below are some key events which discuss health in the context of climate negotiations, many including speakers from the Climate and Health Alliance's national and global allies!

November 14 

  • 9:00am | Closing the gap: Climate finance for health in a warming Commonwealth. Australian Pavilion
  • 9:00am - 10:00am | Aligning Food Systems, Nutrition and Climate Action. COP29 Health Pavilion
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Healthcare Emissions and Net Zero Roadmaps for Health Systems: Methodology and Lessons Learnt from Health Leaders, organized by Health Care Without Harm Europe. Speakers: Andreas Ekvall and Diana Picon Manyari Healthcare Without Harm. WHO Health Pavillion, Blue Zone. Live streaming.
  • 10:30am | Launch event of the NGFS Concept Note on Adaptation. Australian Pavilion
  • 3:00pm | Locally-led adaptation in the Indo-Pacific: Lessons learnt, success stories and a way forward. Australian Pavilion
  • 3:30pm | 4:30PM - Why we need to stop promoting pollution: Health costs and impactful interventions for fossil fuels. COP29 Health Pavilion. Speakers: Jess Beagley, Global Climate and Health Alliance
  • 4 pm - 5:30 pm | Roundtable: Building resilient health-care systems amid climate change, organized by the Economist Impact. Speaker: Diana Picon Manyari Healthcare Without Harm. Hyatt Regency. More information.

November 15

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Maximising the Health Co-Benefits of Clean Energy Policies. COP29 Health Pavilion
  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Building Climate-Resilient Healthcare: Lessons from Yemen's Flood Experience. COP29 Health Pavilion
  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Youth Empowerment in Climate and Health: Fighting NCDs Through Climate Action Proposal. Speaker: Michele Baker, Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) and WHO Youth Council

November 16 

  • 9:00am | We won’t COP it: Young people driving the climate agenda. Australian Pavilion
  • 12:00pm | Pacific girls in a changing climate. Australian Pavilion
  • 3:30pm 4:30pm | A Joint Session between PAHO and WPRO on ‘Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems in SIDS’. COP29 Health Pavilion
  • 4:30pm | Australia’s practical energy transition support for the Pacific. Australian Pavilion

November 17 

  • 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Climate Resilience and Health – Financing Strategies for a Healthier Future. Moderator: Josh Karliner. Baku Convention Centre, alongside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP29. More information.

November 18 

  • 10:30am | Elevating voices, empowering youth: intergenerational dialogue to enable innovative climate policy. Australian Pavilion
  • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Panel: Decarbonizing Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities, organized by Deloitte. Speaker: Josh Karliner Healthcare Without Harm. Deloitte Pavillion, Green Zone.
  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Building resilience to heat extremes in urban settings. Speakers: Stephen Bouwhuis, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Aged Care Australia
  • 1:30pm | Developing ambitious, investable and implementable NDCs. Australian Pavilion
  • 4:00 pm | Panel: Health System Adaptation to Climate Change, organized by the Government of Spain. Speaker: Andreas Ekval Healthcare Without Harm. Spanish Pavillion, Blue Zone.
  • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Event: Race to Resilience in Action: 2024 Update, organized by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions. Speaker: Diana Picon Manyari Healthcare Without Harm. Resilience Hub (Humanitarian Hub), Blue Zone. Live streaming.
  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Equity Considerations in Health Sector Actions on Climate Change and Health. COP29 Health Pavilion

November 19 

  • 11:15 am - 12:30 pm | Panel: ATACH Day - Low-carbon sustainable health systems, organized by ATACH. Speaker: Diana Picon Manyari Healthcare Without Harm. WHO Health Pavillion. Live streaming.
  • 12:00pm - Supporting farmers vulnerable to extreme weather events: Case studies from the Pacific. Australian Pavilion
  • ATACH day schedule

November 20 

  • 9:00am - 10:00am | Children in the frontlines of the climate crisis: what key policy solutions need prioritizing?. COP29 Health Pavilion
  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Building a Movement via Storytelling and Media Partnership. COP29 Health pavilion. Speakers: Shweta Narayan, Global Climate and Health Alliance
  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Enhance ambition and enable action on health, migration and displacement in the context of climate change. COP29 Health Pavilion
  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Enhancing Health and Climate Change Commitments in Updated Nationally Determined Contributions. COP29 Health Pavilion. Speakers: Milena Sergeeva – Global Climate & Health Alliance

November 21 

  • 10:30am - Champions of equality: Building a gender-transformative climate future in the Pacific. Australian Pavilion
  • 1:30pm - Implementing a just transition: Lessons from Australia and the world. Australian Pavilion
  • 3:00pm - Repowering our Homes: An Electrifying Opportunity. Australian Pavilion

November 22

  • 10:30pm - 11:30pm | Advancing Climate Literacy to Shape Sustainable Healthcare. COP29 Health Pavilion