It specifies activities in several domains related to: raising public awareness and building capacities among professionals in the health effects of climate change, upgrading the information system with a set of policy-relevant indicators for identifying and assessing climate-related health risks and the effectiveness of actions, enhancing surveillance and control of selected infectious diseases and vectors, as well as air quality monitoring, etc. Further, it outlines the tasks and capacities of the health sector in coordinated intersectoral activities on emergencies related to extreme weather events, their planning and response. The programme also contains a number of tools to facilitate the training courses for capacity-building in the area of public health emergency management at all levels.