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Monday, 11 November 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
Joint WHO/UNICEF/Lancet Countdown press conference on climate, health and children
When: Tuesday, 12 November at 14.00 AZT (Baku time) (11.00 CET/10.00 GMT/05.00 ET)
Where: Press Conference – Karabakh Area D (Press Room 1), Baku Stadium (COP29 venue), Azerbaijan. The press conference is open to journalists accredited to COP29 (webcast available).
Subject: Health and children’s rights at the core of climate action
COP29 represents a significant milestone in the global efforts to integrate health and climate action and to build on previously made commitments. Speakers from WHO, UNICEF and Lancet Countdown will brief the journalists on why health and well-being, and children’s rights must be at the core of climate action in order to save lives and secure healthier futures for present and future generations.
Speakers:
Dr Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHOAbheet Solomon, Senior Advisor, Environment, UNICEFMaria Walawender, Climate Change and Health Research Fellow, Lancet Countdown
Live and on-demand webcast is visible to the public through our Schedule of COP 29 events page [https://unfccc.int/COP29/schedule?type=All] and UNFCCC’s UN Climate Change App [https://unfccc.int/about-us/press-and-media/un-climate-change-mobile-app].
Information for journalists
WHO media pack: WHO demands urgent integration of health in climate negotiations ahead of COP29 [https://www.who.int/news/item/07-11-2024-who-demands-urgent-integration-of-health-in–climate-negotiations-ahead-of-cop29] (with links to the COP29 special report on climate change and health and the Quality criteria for integrating health into Nationally Determined Contributions), Media Advisory: WHO, key health initiatives at COP29 [https://hq_who_departmentofcommunications.cmail20.com/t/d-e-slkhykd-l-ti/]
UNICEF media pack: A threat to progress | UNICEF [https://www.unicef.org/reports/threat-to-progress], UNICEF COP29 Policy Briefing | UNICEF [https://www.unicef.org/documents/unicef-cop29-policy-briefing?_gl=1*1rkvss4*_ga*NjQ5ODYwMjg4LjE3MjA3MjkzODg.*_ga_ZEPV2PX419*MTczMDc0OTU1OC45Mi4wLjE3MzA3NDk1NTguNjAuMC4w*_gcl_au*MTEzMTY1MDA4MC4xNzI4NjYxNTE2*_ga_BCSVVE74RB*MTczMDc0OTU1OC43NC4wLjE3MzA3NDk1NTguNjAuMC4w*_ga_P0DMSZ8KY6*MTczMDc0OTU1OC44MC4xLjE3MzA3NDk1NjAuNTguMC4w*_ga_9ZKVYH4DTE*MTczMDc0OTU1OS43NS4wLjE3MzA3NDk1NTkuMC4wLjA.], Media Advisory: UNICEF at COP29, Putting children at the heart of climate action [https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/media-advisory-unicef-cop29]
Lancet Countdown: 2024 Lancet Countdown report press kit [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D0K3qLa3EYMrRw99c9QHcCDncOQydBBF?usp=sharing]
Media contacts:
WHO media: