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There are innovative greenhouse gas reduction approaches available for the health and social services sector today that could already be applied to buildings, facilities, food services, work practices and vehicle fleets. The CTCN works with various stakeholders to find the right climate technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of operations while adapting to the effects of climate change on human health. Adaptation techniques such as education of health personnel, malaria protection and prevention and health risk monitoring can increase the resilience of communities to the potential impacts of climate change. Below you will find related publications, partners, CTCN technical assistance, technologies and other information for exploring this topic further.  

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Human health

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    India
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Human health
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Infrastructure and Urban planning
    Water

    We envision making the surrounding environment understandable and predictable by creating a wide network of IoT-based air quality monitoring systems and an early flood detection system.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    India
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Cross-sectoral
    Agriculture
    Human health

    Respirer Living Sciences is India's foremost IoT and Big Data enabled Climate Sciences and Climate Tech startup that builds strategic air quality & emissions monitoring technologies and solutions used by government pollution regulators, Atmospheric scientists, Sustainability researchers, Indu

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    India
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Cross-sectoral
    Human health

    Tattva is a Technology based organisation for Social Change, established in 2015 with ICT4D Specialization.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    India
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Cross-sectoral
    Energy efficiency
    Human health
    Industry
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Infrastructure and Urban planning

    Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (DTTILLP) is part of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”), its network of member firms, and their related entities.

  • Front page of the ToT Socio Technical Manual on Eco-Village Development in South Asia
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    Manual on Participatory Planning, Technology and Knowledge Transfer of Eco-Village Development (EVD) in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Published by the Eco-Village Development Project Partners: INFORSE, INFORSE-South Asia, INSEDA in India, CRT/N in Nepal, IDEA in Sri Lanka, Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh, CAN-South Asia and DIB (project coordinator) in Denmark.

    132 pages. 2018 December. Available: English, Hindi, Nepali, Bangla, and Sinhala.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    India
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Cross-sectoral
    Renewable energy
    Water
    Agriculture and forestry
    Forestry
    Human health

    Thinkthrough Consulting is a multi-disciplinary professional services firm that specialises in providing advisory support to sustainable development initiatives, including social development and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG).

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Finland
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Human health
    Transport
    Waste management
    Water

    The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) provides green financing targeted at small and medium-sized projects with tangible, positive environmental impacts in the Nordic region – and in particular the Baltic Sea. Through its extensive fund management, activities in the Arctic and B

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Bangladesh
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Coastal zones
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Human health
    Infrastructure and Urban planning

    CCDB has been working to create a society where the poor, marginalized and vulnerable people can claim and enjoy human rights and justice for a sustainable livelihood with dignity since 1973.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Canada
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture and forestry
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Energy efficiency
    Human health
    Infrastructure and Urban planning
    Marine and Fisheries

    ESSA is an international environmental consulting firm with over 37 years of experience in resolving complex natural resource and environmental management problems.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Austria
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Coastal zones
    Early warning and Environmental assessment
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Human health
    Industry
    Transport
    Waste management
    Water

    The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) is a global network of climate and clean energy financing experts that aims to bridge the gap between entrepreneurs developing climate and clean energy projects and private sector investors to mobilize private financing.