READY, SET, IMPLEMENT! Addressing the impacts of climate change on maternal, newborn and child health and building climate-resilient societies

The fourth dialogue of PMNCH’s Ready, Set, Implement Dialogue Series will be taking place virtually on Thursday 27th February, 13h00 – 14h30CET, focusing on Addressing the impacts of climate change on maternal, newborn and child health and building climate-resilient societies.  

Reducing mortality and bolstering the health of women, children and adolescents remains one of the most critical challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3.1 (reduce the global maternal mortality ratio) and SDG 3.2 (end preventable deaths of newborns and children under five). Climate change is threatening decades of progress of improvements in maternal, newborn and child health, further widening the gap to reach the SDG targets. Pregnant and lactating women, newborns, children, and adolescents are particularly affected by climate change due to their unique stages and needs in the life course. Extreme weather events also disrupt access to sexual and reproductive health services and lead to increased gender-based violence and child marriage.  

With the renewed global commitment enshrined in the 77th World Health Assembly resolution (WHA77) on accelerating progress on maternal, newborn and child mortality, it is crucial to ensure policies, financing and interventions address this intersection.  

This high-level dialogue, organized in collaboration with the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), will bring together policymakers, healthcare and climate leaders, donors, and experts to: 

• Share the latest evidence and existing gaps on the impacts of climate change on maternal, newborn and child health 

• Identify and discuss effective policies, interventions and projects that can enhance climate mitigation and adaptation for maternal, newborn and child health, with a focus on country-level implementation. 

• Explore intersectoral action and financing mechanisms which can be leveraged to increase alignment and investments to safeguard maternal, newborn and child health in the climate crisis.  

• Provide actionable recommendations and a clear call to action to address maternal, newborn and child health in climate policies and financing, and integrate climate change in maternal, newborn and child health policies and financing to ensure mothers, babies, children and future generations are not left behind and accelerate progress toward achieving SDG 3.1 and 3.2. 

We invite you to join the dialogue by registering here. We also encourage you to disseminate the event through your networks by using this social media toolkit.  

We look forward to seeing you join.