7th meeting of the working group on health in climate change(HIC) of the European Environment and Health Task Force (2020)

Meeting report
11–12 September 2019 Bonn, Germany

On 11 and 12 September 2019, the Working Group on Health in Climate Change (HIC) of the European Environment and Health Task Force held its seventh annual meeting in Bonn, Germany. The main purpose of the meeting was to support the work of Member States from the WHO European Region in developing and implementing their national portfolios of action in the area of climate change and health, as outlined in the Ostrava Declaration.

In addition, the meeting provided updates on global and European Region policy developments and progress on climate change and health; new regional evidence for the health impacts of climate change; recent relevant publications and tools; Member State activities addressing climate change and health; and the new heat–health action planning guidance from the WHO Regional Office for Europe