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Here is a presentation of our current and previous global climate and health projects that focus on building climate resilient health systems in low-resource settings. Our work portfolio includes diverse projects that combine applied research, evidence synthesis, and knowledge exchange with international organizations and national public health institutes. These projects are described in more detail below.
Current projects
Building Stronger Public Health Public Health Institutions and Systems
As part of the Norad-funded Building Stronger Systems and Institutions (BIS) programme, we are collaborating with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support the delivery of the Climate Change and Health Strategic Framework (2025). The goal of this work is to build institutional knowledge and capacity at Africa CDC to support its 55 member states through needs assessment, communities of practice and technical support.
We are also collaborating with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute on the further development of their Climate, Nutrition and Health Knowledge Hub. One aim of this work is to document this process creating a Roadmap that can be shared and utilized by other national public health institutes. In addition, we also support ongoing studies dedicated to air pollution and health in Ethiopia.
- BIS Ethiopia
- Climate, Health and Nutrition Knowledge Hub
- Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) - NIPH
Previous projects
In addition to these initiatives, we have contributed to several international projects that have advanced understanding of the links between climate change and health and contributed practical tools for policy and practice. For example, we led a comprehensive scoping review that identified key strategies of climate resilient health systems in low-resource settings and supported the Nepal Health Research Council in developing an in-depth case study of dengue and climate change in Nepal.
ENBEL
The ENBEL project brought together European and international researchers to generate and synthesize evidence on the links between climate change and health, supporting policy engagement and public awareness. As part of this effort, we led the development of a climate and health research factsheet series covering 14 unique topics, two of which are currently featured on the UNDRR website, PreventionWeb.
- PreventionWeb
- ENBEL Knowledge Portal - Research Factsheets
- ENBEL Health and Climate Conference 2025
- Linking climate change and health: Summarizing stakeholders' interviews in Norway - NIPH
Belmont Forum project
NIPH was a partner of the Belmont Forum-funded project, Community collective action to respond to climate change influencing the environment-health nexus. This 3 year project collaborated with researchers at the University College London, the RAND Corporation, the University of the West Indies. The aim was to investigate how volunteer-based, local groups in two coastal areas (Alaska and Trinidad and Tobago) respond to climate change and environmental impacts in order to better inform planning and enhance resilience of health systems.
- Belmont Forum Climate, Environment and Health
- Voices of Toco video series on community action, climate change, and health