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The Children and Climate Initiative has joined the World Health Organisation’s Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH). Based at the Blavatnik School of Government, the Children and Climate Initiative is a global research and policy development project building evidence for the impact of climate change on child development, and policy recommendations to help governments adapt their health and education sectors to the changing climate.
The ATACH network was established following COP26 and brings together over 100 countries and 100 non-government partners to build climate resilient and sustainable health systems. ATACH uses these connections to promote the integration of climate change and health into national, regional and global plans.
The Children and Climate Initiative will bring specialist expertise and understanding of how climate change is impacting children to ATACH. Alan Stein, the Director of the Children and Climate Initiative, said:
“We are delighted to be joining ATACH. Being a part of this network will allow us to collaborate with other research colleagues and for our research to have a deeper and broader impact on policy. Children are still overlooked in nearly all health and adaptation policy but, through networks like ATACH, we can begin to correct that and to protect children into the future.”
The Initiative’s partners include UNICEF, The International Centre for Equity in Health (Federal University of Pelotas), and regional early childhood networks (ARNEC, AfECN, ISSA, and ANECD) around the world. The Initiative has been in operation since April 2025 and joining the ATACH marks its latest development in engaging with global climate and health policy development after previously contributing wording to the Belem Health Action Plan at COP30.
