Full session
Geneva Health Forum at the World Health Assembly 2025
Scaling Impact: Climate & Health Solutions That Drive Change
Presentation:
Climate change is already reshaping the world’s health landscape. This session brings together leading actors to move beyond discussion and into action, showcasing concrete solutions from the field and highlighting urgent challenges that demand collective response. As the World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva, this session aims to build momentum by connecting communities of practice and sparking collaboration.
Through storytelling, real-world cases, and a commitment tree to foster ongoing partnerships, we invite you to help scale what works and co-create the future of climate-resilient health systems.
This dynamic workshop gathered experts and field practitioners to explore actionable solutions to the growing health impacts of climate change.
The session opened with Taraneh Shojaei (WHO), who outlined the key components of the Global Climate and Health Action Plan, emphasizing the urgency of systemic, cross-sectoral, and equitable responses that bridge local actions with global strategies.
Benoît Miribel then presented the work of the One Sustainable Health Forum, which promotes convergence between health, environment, and social justice through inclusive, multi-stakeholder dialogue.
The session continued with four impactful case studies, highlighting how local innovations are adapting health systems to climate realities.
- A "one health" solution for pastoralists in the horn of africa
- Adapting to climate-sensitive diseases: new tools to treat leishmaniasis
- Health, hazard, and digital resilience: using real-time monitoring to reduce disaster impact in kinshasa's vulnerable neighborhoods
- Unitaid's carbon-smart health products
In the second part of the workshop, participants rotated through three "collaboration challenge stations," each showcasing a project in need of partnerships. These exchanges allowed participants to express interest, offer resources, and commit to future contributions.
- One Health in Practice in humnitarian context
- WHO ATACH Project
- Climate action accelerator
The workshop concluded with an interactive “commitment tree,” inviting each attendee to share a concrete pledge—be it an idea, a resource, or a connection—to help scale what works. A networking coffee break provided space to deepen discussions and lay the groundwork for future collaboration.
Chairman
Speakers:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
