{"id":35110,"date":"2025-11-28T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&p=35110"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:48:15","slug":"advancing-heart-health-through-strong-global-policy-reflections-from-cop11-and-cop30","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/advancing-heart-health-through-strong-global-policy-reflections-from-cop11-and-cop30\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing heart health through strong global policy: reflections from COP11 and COP30"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2025, the World Heart Federation continued its advocacy at the forefront of global health by addressing the intersecting threats of tobacco, environmental degradation, and climate change, which together pose a growing burden on cardiovascular health worldwide.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These issues are\u00a0closely connected: the tobacco industry contributes to deforestation, soil degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions, while cigarette\u00a0filters continue to be a major source of toxic waste, including plastic pollution.\u00a0Simultaneously, climate change amplifies cardiovascular risk through air pollution, extreme heat, and disruptions to food security and healthcare systems\u00a0–\u00a0risks\u00a0feel\u00a0most acutely in low- and middle-income countries, where 90% of air-pollution\u2013related deaths occur.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From 17 to 22 November 2025, over 1,600 delegates from 160 Parties and civil society organisations gathered in Geneva for the\u00a0<\/span>Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>to negotiate a wide range of tobacco control measures<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WHF delegates delivered three statements to address:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n