21 May 2013 – Jordan's national climate change policy was released on 14 May 2013 by the Ministry of Environment supported by the Global Environmental Facility and the United Nations Development Programme. The national climate change policy includes a prominent section on public health strategy on adaptation to climate change which is based on...

4 April 2013 – In March 2013, the Centre for Environmental Health Activities (CEHA) and the Euro-Arab Environment Organization (EAEO) signed a memorandum of understanding, which represents a statement of intent to collaborate together on joint activities in the fields of environmental health, mainly within the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The key...

19 January 2013 – More than 140 countries have reached agreement on the first international treaty to reduce the emission and release of mercury into the air, water and land. The Minamata Convention will be signed in October 2013 in Minamata, the Japanese city after which it is named. Minamata suffered critical mercury pollution due to a release of...

Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr Abdullateef Wraikat, the Minister of Health of Jordan, a national adaptation strategy and plan of action to protect health from climate change was launched by the Ministry of Health at a national event on 6 November, 2012. The key objective of the national event was to present the national adaptation strategy...

The building housing WHO's country office in Jordan was the first building in the Region to be awarded LEED certificationThe building housing WHO's country office in Jordan was the first building in the Region to be awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification (rate V2.2). As a "green" building WHO's premises was...