MEDIA ADVISORY: Virtual press conference on COP29, climate and health,14.30 CET on Thursday, 07 November

No images? Click here Wednesday, 06 November 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY  Virtual press conference on COP29, climate and health When: Thursday, 07 November 2024 at 14.30 CET/13.30 GMT Subject: Climate, health and COP29 in Baku, and the launch of WHO's COP29 special report on climate change and health Ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (11 to 22 November), WHO will present its new key documents, brief on health initiatives at COP29 and discuss health arguments for immediate and decisive action by climate negotiators.  Speakers: Dr Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Team Lead, Climate Change and Health, WHO Dr Vanessa Kerry, WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of Programs at The Rockefeller Foundation Join by Zoom: Link: https://who.zoom.us/j/92958209379 Password: WHO@COP29! Join by phone: Webinar ID: 929 5820 9379 Password: 0219261416 International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/a3u6LDtfF New reports WHO will launch two new documents at the press conference, the COP29 special report on climate change and health – Health is the argument for climate action and the Quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).  In these key documents, WHO stresses the importance of positioning health at the core of all climate negotiations, strategies, policies and action plans, to save lives and secure healthier futures for present and future generations.  The documents are available under embargo by email to smailbegovica@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int (embargo lifts at 14.30 CET/13.30 GMT on 07 November).  Experts are available for interviews, please let us know if you wish to request one. Notes to journalists: Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet).  When you sign in, you will be automatically put in the meeting room. To ask a question, please click the "raise hand" icon, which will enter you into the queue for questions (the icon can be found under the tab: participants). Make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer.  You can submit your questions in advance to smailbegovica@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption.  Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int smailbegovica@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe