COP27 Health Pavilion to focus on maximizing health benefits of climate action

31 / 07 / 2022

By Marwa Nassar - -

The Health Pavilion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) – which will be held in Egypt in November – will convene the global health community and its partners to ensure health and equity are placed at the center of the climate negotiations.

It will offer a rich 2-week program of events showcasing evidence, initiatives and solutions to maximize the health benefits of tackling climate change across regions, sectors and communities.

COP27 Health Pavilion will be located in the Blue Zone of the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center (SHICC).

Health pavilion at COP26

The Health Pavilion at COP26 represented the first time for the health community to have its own pavilion at a UN climate conference.

Over 60 events were organized in the span of two weeks, showcasing the health arguments for ambitious climate action across many different sectors and topics.

The pavilion provided a space for the health community to gather at COP26, and helped mainstream health considerations in action areas beyond the health sector.

At one of the side events, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Research Subcommittee of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health launched its report “Climate change and health research: current trends, gaps and perspectives for the future”, constituting a review of research on climate and health implemented over the past decade.

“WHO and the health community remain committed to climate action and to keep working to protect our health and planet from the climate crisis,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said about the outcome at COP26.