Commitment to action: Transforming health systems in a changing climate
Climate change poses a profound threat to public health across the Western Pacific Region and globally. From rising sea levels, intensifying cyclones, heat and cold waves to climate-sensitive diseases and food insecurity, the health sector must urgently adapt.
Additionally, the side event will explore national strategies for building climate-resilient and sustainable health systems, look into vulnerabilities of Small Island Development States, share traditional and indigenous approaches to climate-health resilience, and showcase progress and achievements in countries.
Programme
Opening remarks
- Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific
- Representative from Australia
- Representative from Fiji
Keynote presentation
- Building resilient health systems in the face of climate change: A Pacific perspective, Dr Berlin Kafoa of The Pacific Community (SPC) and Dr Mark Jacobs, WHO Representative for the South Pacific and Director of Pacific Technical Support
Panel discussion with Member States, moderated by Dr Ayoade Alakija
- ACE video presentation
- Panellists: Dr Eduardo Banzon of the Asian Development Bank, and representatives from Kiribati, Malaysia
,and Vanuatu - SPC video presentation
Closing remarks
- Dr Sandro Demaio, Director, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health (ACE) in the Western Pacific Region
All delegates to the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific are welcome to attend in person at the RCM76 venue.