WHO — Migration, Health & Climate Change
A multi-year partnership with the WHO Department of Health and Migration to author the WHO World Report on Migration, Health and Climate Change and support global policy dialogue.
Duration: December 2024 – February 2026 · Partner: WHO Department of Health & Migration (HEP/PHM)
Why this work matters
Climate change and migration are two of the defining forces shaping global health, and they compound one another. Our partnership with the WHO brings evidence and analysis to bear on how countries plan — or fail to plan — for the health impacts of migration in a changing climate.
Addressing this gap requires better evidence: understanding how countries are accounting for mobile populations in their climate adaptation plans, mapping the data that exists, identifying what is missing, and building the tools and infrastructure needed to turn that evidence into action. This is the work MH2C and WHO set out to do together.
WHO World Report on Migration, Health, and Climate Change
Through a formal partnership with the WHO Health and Migration Programme, MH2C contributed two chapters to the upcoming WHO World Report on Migration, Health and Climate Change.
Chapter 1 — National Action Plans & Health National Adaptation Plans
A systematic analysis of how migration and health are (and are not) represented in country climate-adaptation plans.
Chapter 2 — Mapping Data on Migration, Health & Climate Change
An inventory and assessment of available UN data on migration, health, and climate — and the gaps between them.
By the numbers
Recens — AI-powered literature annotation
The analytical backbone of this work is Recens, our in-house platform for multilingual policy-document analysis. Learn more about Recens →
Publications
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Posters
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Oral presentations
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Invited lectures
- Fabreau GE. Invited Expert Panelist — WHO World Health Assembly, High Level Side Event.WHO World Health Assembly · Geneva, Switzerland · May 22, 2025
- Fabreau GE, Coakley A. Changing the Story: Collaboration and Solutions for Migrant Health.Invited Expert Lecture and Workshop · Geneva Health Forum · Geneva, Switzerland · May 21, 2025
- Coakley A. Lessons Learned: Effective Practices in Enhancing Migrant Health.Invited Global Expert Panelist · Geneva Health Forum · Geneva, Switzerland · May 2024
- Fabreau GE. Invited Global Expert Panelist — WHO and UNHCR Global High-Level Technical Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings.Copenhagen, Denmark · February 2024
Media coverage
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Global health & migration event support
- Fifth WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant HealthBogotá, Colombia · December 2–6, 2024Dr. Fabreau and Dr. Coakley participated as global experts.
- Global High-Level Technical Meeting on NCDs in Humanitarian SettingsCopenhagen, Denmark · February 2024Dr. Fabreau served as an invited expert panellist.
- Geneva Health ForumGeneva, Switzerland · May 2024Dr. Coakley was an invited expert panellist.
- WHA78 Side Event — Global Health EquityGeneva, Switzerland · May 22, 2025Co-hosted by MH2C with Egypt, Peru, WHO, and IOM — livestreamed on the MH2C YouTube channel.
- Geneva Health ForumGeneva, Switzerland · May 21, 2025Dr. Coakley and Dr. Fabreau participated as invited experts.
WHA78 Side Event — Global Health Equity
Global Health Equity: A Shared Responsibility in Addressing NCDs Burden for All. Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2025. MH2C co-sponsored and co-hosted this event in coordination with the Governments of Egypt and Peru, WHO, and IOM. The team organized and implemented the event, created and published a dedicated website, and livestreamed proceedings on the MH2C YouTube channel. Dr. Fabreau also served as an invited expert panelist.