The COP27 UN Climate Change Conference discussions from 6 to 18 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, will advance global climate action and foster regional collaboration. The UN Climate Change Pavilion at COP27 opens space to explore how to accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement.
RCC Panama and RCC St. George's will co-host a Pavilion event on 'Strengthening health and climate change in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, with a specific focus on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)'. COP 27 delegates and stakeholders can join the event on Saturday, 12 November 2022 at 15:30 local time. Watch the session LIVE on the UN Climate Change Youtube channel with the video available following the event.
Strengthening health and climate change in the Latin America and the Caribbean region,
with a specific focus on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
UN Climate Change Pavilion at COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Agriculture and Adaptation Day
Saturday, 12 November 2022
15:30 Local Time (GMT +2)
Health National Adaptation Plans (HNAP) outline actions to safeguard health and build climate-resilient health systems. This can anticipate, absorb and transform public health in a changing climate to protect people and manage health risk.
This session aims to encourage countries to submit National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) that include health aspects by facilitating their understanding of the HNAP process illustrated with success stories and lessons learned in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
Opening Remarks and Moderation
- Mariana Castaño Cano, Founder of 10 Billion Solutions
Speakers and Presentations
Panel on NAP Success Stories in LAC
- Dr Ligia Castro de Doens, Advisor to the Minister and Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment of Panama
- Leon Charles, Climate change delegation of Grenada
- Dr Max Puig, Executive Vice President, National Council of Climate Change, Dominican Republic
Closing Remarks
- Ashley Lashley, UNICEF Youth Advocate, Barbados
Overview
This discussion on strengthening health and climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean will explore two areas.
- What does it mean to include health in a NAP? How can countries be further encouraged to look at it more closely/in more detail given its importance? What are the countries’ needs?
- How can we increase the depth of the action each country wants to take and the types of approaches, and how it integrates into other systems?
This session provides an overview of the NAP process and highlights the importance of NAP submission in helping countries address climate impacts. It introduces key COP26 outcomes on adaptation such as the doubling of climate finance by 2025 as a driver for countries to increase ambition on adaptation actions.
Experts join us to outline key linkages on health and climate change and discuss the importance of HNAPs. These plans expand and further integrate health-promoting considerations into adaptation strategies.
Representatives of LAC countries will present and discuss the process of assessing vulnerabilities, addressing those vulnerabilities and incorporating this into national adaptation and mitigation plans.
