(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20. Baku is hosting the
last day of the global summit Forecasting Healthy Futures, which is
held annually in the run-up to COP, Trend reports.
The purpose of the global summit is to unite the climate and
health communities to discuss climate change and its consequences
for human health, as well as to identify opportunities and
strategies for joint action, "From Awareness to Action". The summit
gathers world leaders in the fields of health, climate, and
development.
On the last day of the event, Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of
Health, Nadir Zeynalov, will speak on climate and human health.
Furthermore, there will be a COP Dialogue on Sustainable
Development between representatives of COP26, COP27, COP28, and
COP29. There will also be round tables of COP consultants on the
most important issues at the intersection of climate and
health.
Meanwhile, yesterday, the second day of the event was addressed
by the Ambassador of the WHO Director General for Climate Change
and Health, Vanessa Kerry, Executive Director of the largest health
donor in the world - the Global Fund Peter Sands, Global Director
for Health, Nutrition, and Population of the World Bank Juan Pablo
Uribe, member of the COP29 Advisory Board, former President of
Malawi Joyce Banda, Director General of the organization "Malaria
No More" Martin Edlund, and Head of the Global Climate and Health
Program of the World Bank Tamer Rabie.
To note, the summit brings together world leaders in health,
climate, and development and builds on the success of the COP28
summit held in Abu Dhabi. "Health Day" as an integral part of the
COP28 agenda was officially launched for the first time at the Abu
Dhabi summit last year. This year's global summit brought together
a diverse group of 200 organizations from the private sector, NGOs,
global financial institutions, and higher education, as well as
some 270 leaders representing more than 44 countries.
Forecasting Healthy Futures, launched in 2020 to accelerate new
solutions to climate change and its health impacts, aims to protect
and expand global health gains in the context of climate change,
with a particular focus on the most vulnerable communities around
the world.
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