ASPHER Statement for COP28. A Call for Action in Seven Points

Affiliations

¹ Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
² Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
⁶ NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁷ School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
⁸ Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁹ School of Public Health (Igiene e medicina preventiva), University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

Editorial

Laurent Chambaud et al. Public Health Rev. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 27:44:1606889.

doi: 10.3389/phrs.2023.1606889. eCollection 2023.

¹ Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
² Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
⁶ NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁷ School of Public Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
⁸ Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁹ School of Public Health (Igiene e medicina preventiva), University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

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Keywords: ASPHER; COP28; Schools of Public Health; climate change; health.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest.

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