MEDIA ADVISORY - VPC to launch COP26 Special Report, “The Health Argument for Climate Action ” - 11 October 2021 17:00 CEST

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Friday, October 8 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY

Virtual press conference to launch the COP26 Special Report, “The Health Argument for Climate Action”

When: Monday, 11 October 2021 17:00 CEST

Principal speakers

· Dr María NEIRA, WHO Director, Environment, Climate Change and Health

· Howard Catton, CEO, International Council of Nurses

Other invited speakers TBC

· President-Designate of COP26, Rt. Hon Alok Sharma MP
(live statement from London)

· Minister of Ecological Transition, Italian COP26-co presidency, Hon Roberto Cingolani (TBC) or/and the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Hon Teresa Ribera (live statement from Rome/Madrid)

The press conference will see the launch of a WHO COP26 special report on climate change and health along with an open letter from over 45 million health professionals worldwide calling for an ambitious outcome at COP26.

Sequence:

Experts panelists:

· Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Team Lead, Climate Change and Health, WHO headquarters, Geneva

· Dr Jeni Miller, Executive Director, Global Climate and Health Alliance

· Dr. Ruth A. Etzel, Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group on Environmental Health, International Pediatric Association

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To receive the embargoed report and press release contact:
[email protected]
Ceridwen Johnson at [email protected]

Please note that the embargo lifts at 17h00 CEST on Monday 11 October

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To join the press conference:

https://who-e.zoom.us/j/93227639377
Passcode: vpcCOP26cc

Webinar ID: 932 2763 9377

Passcode: 7664305161

International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/a85oSt01Y

Media contacts:
[email protected]

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