MEDIA ADVISORY: Joint WHO/UNICEF/Lancet Countdown press conference at COP29 in Baku, 14.00 AZT/11.00 CET/10.00 GMT on 12 November 2024

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No images? Click here 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, WHO Abheet Solomon, Senior Advisor, Environment, UNICEF Maria 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 and UNFCCC's UN Climate Change App. Information for journalists WHO media pack: 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 UNICEF media pack: A threat to progress | UNICEF, UNICEF COP29 Policy Briefing | UNICEF, Media Advisory: UNICEF at COP29, Putting children at the heart of climate action Lancet Countdown: 2024 Lancet Countdown report press kit Media contacts: WHO: Amna Smailbegovic, smailbegovica@who.int UNICEF: Helen Wylie, Tel: +1 917 244 2215 hwylie@unicef.org Lancet Countdown: Hannah Whitcombe, Communications Manager h.whitcombe@ucl.ac.uk WHO media: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe