Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Health
• Environment
• Social
• Economic

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Poor air quality in many European cities.
• Deteriorating water quality in some areas.
• Excessive noise and congestion.
• Lack of green spaces.
• Poor maintenance of buildings.
• Social pressure, rapid change in lifestyles, job insecurity, unemployment.
• Growing number of marginalized people.
• Slums and substandard dwellings.
• Challenges posed by migrant populations, illegal immigrants and refugees.
• Economic crisis affecting city budgets in countries in transition.
• Problems related to land ownership, housing privatization, and increase of private car transport.
• High mortality rate, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, accidental deaths, deaths caused by violence.
• Resurgence of infectious diseases.
• Increasing consumption of tobacco and alcohol.
• Mental health problems.
• Lack of public participation and trust in public authorities.
• Loss of biodiversity.
• Decline of freshwater resources.
• Forest degradation.
• Deterioration of coastal zones.
• Waste generation and management.
• Acidification.
• Major accidents.
• Tropospheric ozone and other photochemical oxidants.
• Global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developing and implementing municipal and local health plans.
• Surveying health, social, and environmental conditions in cities.
• Strengthening environmental health services.
• Establishing city networks for collaboration.
• Promoting sustainable urban planning.
• Managing flows of water, energy, materials, and waste.
• Managing the urban environment for quality, amenity, and health.
• Integrating urban and health planning and management.
• Applying facilitative management techniques and best practices.
• Setting targets for health and sustainability.
• Building institutional capacity.
• Delegating decisions to the local level.
• Monitoring and evaluating policies.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Rising sea level
• Desertification
• Increased climatic disruption
• Crop failures
• Mass migration

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Agenda 21, Health for All

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Zoonotic Diseases
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Rabies

Social Achievements

• Asia-Pacific Workshop on Multisectoral collaboration for the prevention and control of zoonoses brought together 114 participants from 19 countries to share best practices and innovative ideas.

Governance Achievements

• Recommendations made to strengthen cross-sectoral collaboration, enhance information sharing, and develop national strategies for rabies elimination and antimicrobial resistance prevention.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Emergence of avian influenza (H7N9) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), escalating outbreaks of avian influenza A(H5N1)
• Gaps and challenges in coordination mechanisms between various relevant sectors at international, regional, and national levels for operationalization of One Health
• Lack of clear intra- and intersectoral coordination mechanisms; no clear operationalization of One Health at the local level; lack of legislation and high-level commitment to support One Health; different priorities among partners; lack of financial support, human resources and time; and, poor involvement of the wildlife and environment sectors.

Mitigation Strategies

• Organized workshop to review progress, identify opportunities and barriers, share lessons learned, and prepare plans for future threats.
• Recommendations for strengthening national efforts for cross-sectoral collaboration, enhancing national and subnational mechanisms for information sharing, communication, joint risk assessment, and response.
• Recommendations for developing and implementing comprehensive national strategies for rabies elimination and advocating for multi-sectoral national action plans for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance development.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Health
• Environment
• Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

• Improvements in drinking water and sanitation coverage
• Significant decline in diarrhoeal deaths (55% between 1990 and 2012)

Social Achievements

• Increased access to basic water services (from 80% in 2000 to 92% in 2017)
• Increased access to basic sanitation (from 27% in 2000 to 63% in 2017)

Governance Achievements

• Malé Declaration on Building Health Systems Resilience to Climate Change (2017)
• Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Centre on Environment and Health

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• High burden of disease from environmental risks (3.8 million deaths in 2016)
• Household and ambient air pollution as leading contributors to NCDs
• Inadequate waste management
• Vulnerability to climate change and extreme weather events
• Lack of universal access to clean household energy, safe water and sanitation
• High use of obsolete chemicals (e.g., asbestos, lead in paints, hazardous pesticides)

Mitigation Strategies

• Regional Plan of Action for implementing the WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment and Climate Change
• Strengthening health systems resilience to climate change
• Promoting clean household energy solutions
• Improving WASH services
• Sound management of chemicals
• Cross-sectoral collaboration
• Strengthening evidence base and risk communication

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events (floods, storms, droughts)
• Heat waves

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 3
• SDG 6
• SDG 7
• SDG 11
• SDG 12
• SDG 13

The Regional Plan of Action aligns with these SDGs by addressing environmental determinants of health that impact various aspects of well-being.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Animal Health
• One Health
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Social Achievements

• Organized a global technical consultation with over 70 participants from more than 25 countries, involving partners from WHO and WOAH, and representatives from international and regional organizations.

Governance Achievements

• Developed recommendations for a strategic framework for early warning of animal health threats, outlining technical components and institutional setup.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of harmonized understanding of early warning systems.
• Gaps in legal, institutional, and coordination frameworks hindering EWS operationalization.
• Difficulties in setting baselines for risk indicators.
• Challenges in involving the private sector and sustaining stakeholder engagement.
• Balancing timeliness and confidence in evidence.
• Need for better understanding of livestock production value chains and data use along agrifood systems.
• Need for support with decision-making and resources to trigger action.
• Need for cooperation to improve confidence in decision-making and response capacity.
• Need to ensure that early warning generates information for early action, including defining triggers for action.
• Need for advocacy and awareness regarding the importance of animal health.

Mitigation Strategies

• Development of a strategic framework for early warning to guide national operationalization.
• Support at the country level in all components of an EWS.
• Flexible framework adaptable at the country level, linked to disaster risk reduction strategies.
• Focus on creating systems that generate value for all stakeholders.
• Bottom-up approach taking into account community needs.
• Engagement of data providers in system development.
• Involving countries in identifying priority needs.
• Working with regional communities to share consultation results and start a dialogue.
• Demand-driven framework, activities, and instruments.
• Development of a live, regularly updated document with expert contributions.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UNDRR MHEWS framework, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, One Health Programme Priority Area (PPA), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG target 1.5
• SDG target 3.d
• SDG target 15.8

The One Health PPA aims to address these SDG targets related to building resilience, strengthening early warning capacity, and preventing the impact of invasive species.