By Amb. Cecilia B. Rebong Permanent Representative to the UN and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

By Amb. Cecilia B. Rebong Permanent Representative to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva

• 1. The Secretariat is based in Geneva.
• 2. Geneva is home to several UN bodies and

international organizations.

• 1. Two resolutions about climate change

focusing on the right to health (2015) and the rights of children (2016)

• 2. Resulting events include the following:
• a breakfast debate
• participation in three high-level panel

discussions

• launching of an analytical study to, among
• ther objectives, explore climate change and

the SDGs

• 1. The WHO has existing work on climate

change, especially as it relates to the health impacts of air pollution.

• 2. Some points raised during the panel

discussion on health and climate change on the margins of the World Health Assembly in May 2016:

• the Paris Agreement as the biggest

international health agreement

• need to integrate climate change in all

policy levels

• 23% of global deaths can be linked to

climate change

• vector-borne and water-borne diseases
• damage to infrastructure
• air pollution
• malnutrition
• mental health of both victims and rescuers
• mitigation and adaptation
• 3. Second Global Conference on Health and

Climate, Paris, 7-8 July 2016

• 1. A panel discussion and the launch of a

study on the impacts of heat in the workplace in April 2016 Experts agree on the inherent link between climate change and labor: health risks and injuries are common in Asia, Africa and Latin America; some of the most affected sectors are agriculture, manufacturing and construction; potential productivity loss is huge.

• 2. A high-level lunch dialogue on the margins of

the International Labor Conference in May 2016 For the Philippines, those most at risk are also the most susceptible to extreme poverty. Several policies have been enacted to address this.

• 1. According to the IOM:
• Quantifying the relationship between climate

change and migration and displacement is difficult; and

• Populations most vulnerable to climate

change were the same ones who have no capability of leaving and seeking better

• pportunities
• 2. Roundtable participation during the World

Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016

CVF supported the invitation for IPCC to provide a special report in 2016

• 1. Agriculture – FAO, WFP, UN Convention to

Combat Desertification, International Fund for Agricultural Development

• 2. Education – UNESCO, UNICEF, UN University
• 3. Gender – UN Entity for Gender Equality and

the Empowerment of Women, UNESCO, UNICEF

• 4. Tourism – World Tourism Organization
• 5. Water – UN Water, WMO, UNEP

• 1. Continuous need to enhance coordination
• 2. Continuous need to ensure transparency
• 3. Funding issues