The World Health Organization (WHO) Conference on Health and Climate took place at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from August 27-29 , 2014, it was attended by both public and private sector entities. [1]
Throughout the conference, participants discussed linking climate, sustainable development and health policy. A draft summary was produced “that recognizes both the need to strengthen health resilience to climate change and the opportunity to make gains in public health through well-planned mitigation measures.”
The following month September 23, 2014 the UN held their annual Climate summit.