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Since COP26 in Glasgow, momentum has grown among governments, international agencies, and non-state actors to align health sector development with the ambition of the Paris Agreement. In Glasgow, Health Care Without Harm helped secure commitments from 52 national health ministries to resilient, sustainable, low-carbon health systems through the COP26 Health Programme. In 2022 the World Health Organization established the Alliance for Transformative Action for Climate and Health (ATACH) to realize the ambition set at COP26 using the collective power of WHO Member States and other stakeholders. As of May 2023, 65 countries - 22 of which are committing to net zero health systems - have joined ATACH, where Health Care Without Harm sits on the Steering Committee. In May 2022, G7 health ministers publicly committed “to build environmentally sustainable and climate-neutral health systems at the latest by 2050 and to support other countries in this effort.” Collectively, the overlapping commit

Government action Toward net-zero, climate-resilient health care Policy for climate and health Since COP26 in Glasgow, momentum has grown among governments, international agencies, and non-state actors to align health sector development with the ambition of the Paris Agreement. In Glasgow, Health Care Without Harm helped secure commitments from 52 national health ministries to resilient, sustainable, low-carbon health systems through the COP26 Health Programme . In 2022 the World Health Organization established the Alliance for Transformative Action for Climate and Health (ATACH) to realize th

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