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Health Pavilion

Hosted by WHO with Wellcome.

Photo: COP31 Türkiye

The Health Pavilion is hosted by the World Health Organization with Wellcome and the wider health community. It sits in the and runs a two-week programme on the evidence, initiatives and solutions linking climate action and health across regions and sectors. Event proposals closed on 12 September 2026. WHO ran a Health Pavilion at COP30 in Belém.

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Programme
28 sessions
Last checked
23 Oct 2026
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Streams every sessionWHO states that "More details, including the full programme and the live streaming is available" on the pavilion page, but has not yet published a stream link or platform.
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Health 15.5×Youth and education 3.0×Adaptation and resilience 1.5×Compare with other pavilions →

Programme

28 sessions over 5 days. Times are Antalya time.
Day 1 of COP31 · Food, Agriculture and Health day

Monday 9 November

4 sessions
  1. 12:00to 13:00

    Beyond Digitalization: Connecting Climate Data, Health Intelligence and Health-System Capacity

    With Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye – General Directorate of Health Promotion (SGGM), General Directorate of Health Information Systems (SBSGM), Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye, Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM), World Health Organization Turkey Office (WHO), Health Institutes of Türkiye(TÜSEB)

    HealthAI and dataSource
  2. 14:00to 15:00

    Healthy Cities, Resilient Communities: Local Climate Action Through A One Health Lens

    With Union of Municipalities of Türkiye, Turkish Healthy Cities Association (Healthy Cities National Network of Türkiye)

    HealthCities and local governmentAdaptation and resilienceSource
  3. 15:30to 16:30

    Unlocking private investment to scale health resilience

    With World Economic Forum

    HealthClimate financeAdaptation and resilienceSource
  4. 17:00to 18:00

    Big lessons from small nations: Championing health leadership in a changing climate

    With Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, WHO EURO, PAHO, WPRO, Ministry of Health and Wellness Barbados (Invited), Ministry of Environment Iceland (Invited)

    HealthSource
Day 3 of COP31 · Zero Waste day

Wednesday 11 November

6 sessions
  1. 09:00to 10:00
  2. 10:30to 11:30

    Zero Waste, Healthy Cities and Healthy Workers: Advancing Climate and Health Justice in the Global South

    With Fundación Basura, GAIA, Instituto Polis, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Wellcome Trust, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB)

    HealthWaste managementCities and local governmentSource
  3. 12:00to 13:00

    From Water Access to Climate Resilience: The Bahamas School Water Supply and Access Project

    With Ministry of Health & Wellness, Bahamas, Healthy Bahamas Coalition (HBC), National Non-Communicable Disease Commission, School Health Services, the Ministry of Education Science and Technology

    HealthWaterAdaptation and resilienceSource
  4. 14:00to 15:00

    Mental Health in Climate Policy: Turning Evidence into Action

    With United for Global Mental Health, Climate Cares, University of Oxford, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, South Australia Health, World Health Organization European Regional Office

    HealthSource
  5. 15:30to 16:30

    Solar-powered energy systems for climate-resilient maternal and neonatal healthcare in Africa

    With African Women and Youth Climate Centre (AFRYWOCC), Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS), University of Ghana and Minagie Energy

    HealthYouth and educationGenderSource
  6. 17:00to 18:00

    Zero Waste, Healthy Planet – Circularity without harm

    With Zero Waste Europe (ZWE), FSWP, ISWA, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) (tbc), ICLEI

    HealthWaste managementZero Waste & Circular EconomySource
Day 4 of COP31 · Resilient Cities and Built Environment day

Thursday 12 November

7 sessions
  1. 09:00to 10:00

    Adaptation without a baseline: climate change and health in fragile settings

    With World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, United Nations University - Global Health

    HealthAdaptation and resilienceSource
  2. 10:30to 11:30

    Keeping cool in the heat: effective heat-health action and local solutions

    With WHO Regional Office for Europe

    HealthAdaptation and resilienceSource
  3. 12:00to 13:00
  4. 14:00to 15:00

    One Breath, One Planet: clean air, climate action and asthma

    With European Respiratory Society (ERS), The European Youth Energy Network (EYEN)

    HealthYouth and educationEnergy transitionSource
  5. 15:30to 16:30

    Climate Change and Health in the Americas: From Global and Regional Plans to Country Action

    With Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Ministry of Health and Wellness of Barbados, Ministry of Health of Brazil, Ministry of Health and Sports of Bolivia, Ministry of Health of El Salvador, Andean Health Organization-Hipolito Unanue Agreement (ORAS-CONHU)

    HealthSource
  6. 17:00to 18:00

    The Black Carbon Challenge: Connecting Climate, Air Pollution, Energy, and Health

    With World Health Organization (WHO), International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), and Wellcome Trust, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    HealthEnergy transitionSource
  7. 18:15to 19:15

    Culture at the Crossroads: Arts as a Lever for Climate and Health Action

    With Jameel Art&Health Lab at NYU, NYU, WHO/Europe, CULTURUNNERS, Community Jameel

    HealthSource
Day 5 of COP31 · Finance and Trade day

Friday 13 November

6 sessions
  1. 09:00to 10:00

    From Belém to Impact: Operationalizing Child-Sensitive GGA Health Indicators

    With Save the Children Germany, UNU-Global Health, GIZ

    HealthYouth and educationGovernance and multilateralismSource
  2. 10:30to 11:30

    Healthy Sustainable Food Environments and Diets at the Heart of Planetaary Solutions

    With WHO, SHE Foundation, ACE (tbc)

    HealthAgriculture and food systemsSource
  3. 12:00to 13:00
  4. 14:00to 15:00
  5. 15:30to 16:30

    Research driving change for climate and health: aligning the climate-health research funding ecosystem to fast-track solutions and accelerate impact.

    With European Commission, Wellcome Trust, French National Research Agency (ANR), Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Australia)

    HealthSource
  6. 17:00to 18:00

    Embedding Health in the Climate Ambition Cycle: Co Benefits and Public Health Leadership

    With The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

    HealthGovernance and multilateralismSource
Day 6 of COP31 · Children, Youth, Education and Skills day

Saturday 14 November

5 sessions
  1. 09:00to 10:00

    The ICJ Advisory Opinion and Health in Climate Action: From Legal Obligations to Negotiation Practice for Youth

    With Youth Negotiators Academy (YNA), World’s Youth for Climate Justice, UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network (YoU-CAN), CYMG UNEP Environmental Health WG

    HealthYouth and educationJust transitionSource
  2. 10:30to 11:30

    Beyond Heat Stress: Tackling Infectious Diseases in a Warming World

    With Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC), Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Unitaid

    HealthAdaptation and resilienceSource
  3. 12:00to 13:00

    Youth-Led Climate and Health Action: From Global Commitments to National Implementation

    With YOUNGO UNFCCC HEALTH, WHO Youth Council, YOUNGO, DTH-Lab, International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA)

    HealthYouth and educationSource
  4. 15:30to 16:30

    From Heat to Health: Protecting the Workers Who Power the Global Economy

    With Fair Labor Association, Fair Wear Foundation, NYU Stern, Royal Holloway, University of London, American Apparel & Footwear Association

    HealthAdaptation and resilienceJust transitionSource
  5. 17:00to 18:00

    Triage Under Pressure: Lived Experiences of Frontline Physicians in an Era of Climate Emergencies

    With World Medical Association - Junior Doctors Network (WMA-JDN), Youth Climate and Health Network (YCHN) of the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA), Doctors for the Environment Australia, The World Health Organization (WHO) Youth Council

    HealthYouth and educationSource

Thematic days run through the whole venue. See what each day is about →