19 February 2009: The 2010 Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, which will convene in Parma, Italy, will discuss children’s environmental health and climate impacts related to inequality, gender and stakeholder participation, among other agenda items.

During the meeting, the World Health Organization (WHO)/Europe is expected to propose a European strategy on health and climate change. This strategy follows the 2008 World Health Assembly’s Resolution 61.19 (call for protecting health from climate change), as well as recommendations that were developed during several European meetings held in 2007-2008 on the topic. [Global change and health]