Environment, Climate Change and Health

We pursue a healthier environment by strengthening health sector leadership, building mechanisms for political and social support and monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals regarding environmental threats to health.

About us

Monitoring data by environmental health topic

Air pollution

Ambient air pollution

Exposure I Health impacts I Policies

Household air pollution:

Exposure I Health impacts I Policies

WASH

Exposure I Health impacts I Policies I Financing

Chemicals

Health impacts: Total health impacts from chemicals I SDG 3.9.3

Policies: Lead paint I Poison centres

Radiation

Policies: Electromagnetic fields I Artificial tanning devices/sunbeds I Radon

Climate change

Country profiles

Health impacts: Quantitative risk assessment of the effects of climate change on selected causes of death, 2030s and 2050s I Global health observatory on climate change

Atlas of Health and Climate

Occupation

Exposure: Long working hours I Informal employment: SDG indicator 8.3.1 - Proportion of informal employment in total employment [pdf]

Health impacts: Deaths and disease burden from diseases and injuries due to occupational risks

Policies: essential occupational health conventions: C187 - Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) I C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) I C161 - Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161)

Key facts and actions to be taken to ensure a healthy environment for disease prevention and safety for all people

Download: Healthy environments for healthier populations: Why do they matter, and what can we do?