Forwarded from our colleagues at WHO. This issue is especially important to child health - it is today's children who will bear the consequences of climate change in the future.
Dear civil society colleagues,
We have the pleasure to invite you to participate in an interactive civil society dialogue with WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the theme "Climate and Health", to take place on Monday 5 September 2022 at 2:00-3:30 pm CEST (GMT+2:00). This invitation is open to all civil society members, please share this invitation with your networks.
This dialogue forms one of the dialogues in the series of Civil society - WHO Director General dialogues organized by civil society organizations on different topics of interest for the civil society originally starting from issues related to COVID-19 response but have now been expanded to other important global health issues. This dialogue on Climate and Health, organized between Action for Global Health and a consortium of Global Health and Climate Civil Society Organizations, will pose progressive ideas on how WHO and Civil Society can join to tackle the urgent climate crisis and improve health equity for all.
Please find the link to register in advance to the dialogue "Climate and Health" to take place on Monday 5 September 2022 at 2:00-3:30 pm CEST below.
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DaSCZSNORsa5xx_GUGY30Q
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. There will be interpretation English-French-Spanish.
You may wish to download the Zoom application. Once you have connected, you can choose your language English/ French/Spanish.
We invite you to post your questions and comments related to the topic in advance and vote on them on Slido starting now until the end of the Dialogue. Please find the link to Slido here https://app.sli.do/event/pX12aJB7r282M5hXP33cr5 (# DG_CSO).
Looking forward to your active participation.
Warm regards,
Taina
Taina Nakari
Health and Multilateral Partnerships
External Relations, World Health Organization
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