On November 14, Health Care Without Harm and Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) member, the Mohammed VI University Hospital hosted the Climate and Health Care Conference in parallel to COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco. The event, the first of its kind to be held in the country, brought together health sector leaders from around Morocco, Europe, and beyond to share strategies for the health sector to mitigate its own climate impacts, develop low carbon models of care, and use their voice, both individually and collectively, to advocate for policies to address climate change and public health. For more information on the event, click here.

Photo 1: Entrance to the Climate and Health Conference

Photo 2: Bernard Jourdain, from Niort Hospital Centre (France) and Didier Bourdon from Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris (France)

Photo 3: Climate and Health Conference

Photos 4 and 5: Kristina de Geer, from Region Skåne (Sweden)

Photos 6, 10 and 11: Panel 2, Procurement- The carbon footprint of health care purchasing- Impacts and Opportunities.

Moderators: Abdelaziz Babqiqi, Regional Director of Environment, Region of Marrakech Safi, Morocco; Mohamed Said Belkadi, Director of Operations, Marrakech Private Hospital, Morocco and Hafida Bouhaja, Engineer, CHU Mohammed VI of Marrakech, Morocco.

Panelists: Rosemary Kumweda and Mirjana Milic, United Nations Development Programme; Sonia Roschnik, Sustainable Development Unit of NHS England and Public Health, United Kingdom; and Kristina De Geer, Region Skåne, Sweden.

Photo 7: Nick Thorp, GGHH Community Manager.

Photo 8: Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Team leader of Climate Change & Health, WHO

Photo 9: Ahmed Idhammad, The Mohammed VI University Hospital of Marrakesh, Morocco

Photos 12 y 13: Nick Thorp, Ahmed Idhammad, Didier Bourdon, Kristina de Geer, Hicham Nejmi (Director General, CHU Mohammed VI of Marrakech, Morocco), Bernard Jourdain

Photo 14: Health Care Without Harm's staff