Eighth meeting of the working group on health in climate change (HIC) of the European environment and health task force: meeting report: virtual session, 8–9 December 2020

Abstract

On 8 and 9 December 2020, the Working Group on Health in Climate Change (‎HIC)‎ of the EuropeanEnvironment and Health Task Force held its eighth annual meeting virtually. The main purpose of themeeting was to further support the work of Member States from the WHO European Region in developingand implementing their national portfolios of action in the area of climate change and health, as outlined inthe Ostrava Declaration. In addition, the meeting provided updates on new regional evidence for the healthimpacts of climate change, and on global and European Region policy developments and progress on climatechange and health. Taking place as it did in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting paid particularattention to how to make a healthy, green recovery.