Platform Events
Connecting global health leaders through timely, strategic conversations.
Geneva brings together a unique global community of UN agencies, governments, civil society, academia, and private-sector health actors. The International Geneva Global Health Platform convenes this community through thematic events that foster dialogue, collaboration, and impact on global health and human rights.
Upcoming events
Open Briefing: Introduction to the 79th World Health Assembly
Past Events
Two-Speed Multilateralism: Can it Address the Climate and Health Agenda?
Climate change is one of the defining public health challenges of the 21st century, with impacts ranging from heat-related mortality and air pollution to food insecurity, vector-borne diseases, and mental health risks. While health received increased political attention at COP30, important questions remain about how effectively health considerations are integrated into climate mitigation, adaptation, finance, and just transition frameworks.
At the same time, global climate governance is evolving— alongside the traditional consensus-based UN process, a form of “two-speed multilateralism” is emerging, where coalitions of willing countries and non-state actors advance practical initiatives and voluntary roadmaps. As the world looks toward COP31 and the implementation of the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health, this evolving governance landscape raises important questions about how climate action can better advance health outcomes.
This hybrid event will bring together governments, international organizations, civil society, and academia to take stock of COP30 outcomes, explore opportunities to strengthen the climate–health agenda in the lead-up to COP31, and examine how new coalitions and political initiatives can accelerate action.
Detoxifying cosmetics and beauty ideals: Where policy meets art
On 6 November 2025, the Global Health Centre’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-hosted at the @genevagraduateinstitute with the United Nations Environment Program; Global Mercury Partnership; World Health Organization; Biodiversity Research Institute; and the Global Environment Facility. a panel discussion and film screening on the theme: “Detoxifying cosmetics and beauty ideals: Where policy meets art.”
Hospitals Under Fire: Lawfare and the Attack on Care
On 23 September 2025, the Global Health Centre’s International Geneva Global Health Platform co-hosted at the @genevagraduateinstitute with Queen Mary University of London, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the Center on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding a panel discussion on the theme: “Hospitals Under Fire: Lawfare and Attack Care”