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		<title>First Global Climate and Health Summit Adopts Durban Declaration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Durban Declaration on Climate and Health, which was adopted at the first Global Climate and Health Summit, calls on COP 17 negotiators to, inter alia: recognize the health benefits of climate mitigation and take bold and substantive action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in order to protect and promote public health; adopt a strong second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol; and negotiate, by 2015, a fair, ambitious and binding agreement. ]]></description>
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		<title>WHO Report Shows Health and Climate Co-benefits in Transport Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Released as part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) "Health in the Green Economy" Series, this report outlines strategies for low-carbon modes of transport that provide co-benefits for health. It stresses that walking or cycling, rapid transport and improved land use to improve access to key destinations by these modes, can yield much greater immediate health co-benefits than improving fuel and vehicle efficiencies.]]></description>
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		<title>PAHO Adopts Strategy and Action Plan on Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 51st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization adopted a strategy and action plan on health and climate change for the Americas that call for, inter alia, improving regional, national and local capacity to respond to public health needs during climate-related emergencies, and creating new PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers to study the health effects of climate change and to support national and regional capacity building in this area.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO Publishes Report on Gender, Climate Change and Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The report, titled "Gender, climate change and health," documents evidence of gender differences in health risks that are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. It calls for: gender-sensitive research to better understand health impacts of climate change; collection, analysis and reporting of gender disaggregated data; and development of gender responsive and accessible health services that reach the poorest populations.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO Releases Compilation of Air Quality Data Sets for 1100 Cities </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WHO database contains air quality data sets from 1100 cites across 91 countries, and includes an analysis of the premature deaths caused by pollution through fine particulate matter in these cities. ]]></description>
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		<title>UNFCCC Publishes Submissions to the Transitional Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The submissions to the Transitional Committee consist of general submissions, submissions on workstreams I, II and II, and submissions on the draft instrument. The submissions are from: two State parties; intergovernmental organizations; civil society organizations; and members of the Transitional Committee. ]]></description>
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		<title>WHO and UNECE Hold Workshop on Sustainable and Healthy Urban Transport</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The workshop, titled "Working Together for Sustainable and Healthy Urban Transport," was the latest in a series of capacity-building events held under the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP). Participants focused on cooperation between national and local authorities, industry and civil society in design, planning, financing and legislation to support walking and cycling.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO Launches &quot;Health in the Green Economy&quot; Report Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization (WHO) released the first report of a new series on health benefits of a green growth strategy, focusing on health co-benefits of climate change mitigation investments in the housing sector.]]></description>
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		<title>World Health Assembly Considers Progress on Climate Change, MDGs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the World Health Assembly, member States welcomed the priority that WHO has placed on protecting health from climate change, and reinforced their own commitment, citing new initiatives including regional ministerial meetings and implementation projects. ]]></description>
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		<title>WHO, WMO and World Bank Support International Symposium on Urban Health and Meteorology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The symposium provided a platform for sharing international experience in using meteorological information for public health, to inform the Shanghai Health Meteorology Service Programme, which aims to improve protection from a range of weather-related health risks in urban environments.]]></description>
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