Foreword S

From 2015, with the launch of a project on ‘Food and Nutrition Security and Agri- culture’ (FNSA), we have followed a methodology that includes regional reports on the topic under consideration each prepared by one of the four IAP Regional Net- works (AASSA for Asia and Oceania, EASAC for Europe, IANAS for the Americas, and NASAC for Africa). [...] Just as the FNSA project gained traction in international policy discussions – IAP and its Regional Networks were asked to contribute to the UN Secretary General’s 2021 Food Systems Summit – so the IAP CCH project has helped raise awareness of the health co-benefits of tackling cli- mate change. [...] For the first time, at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that took place in Dubai in November and December 2023, there was a dedicated ‘Health Day’ that focused on this nexus. [...] To achieve this vision, SC is tackling the mutually reinforcing issues of climate change, health and inequity by taking actions to: (1) improve understanding of the multi-sectoral impacts of, and interconnections between, human activities, climate change and health; (2) foster community action to test, evaluate and scale up interventions with climate, health and equity benefits; and (3) support sy. [...] We received more than 80 proposals to our call for examples of case studies of approaches to problem-solving and policies, used to address the interlinked challenges of climate and health.