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ICN brings strong nursing voice with WHO Climate Report recognition to a challenging COP30
As the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), 10–21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, fell short on delivering essential climate and health protections, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) made the nursing voice heard loud and clear and rallied for change. ICN’s Americas-based Policy Analyst Dr Gill Adynski attended and advocated for the central role of nursing in climate action alongside a strong cohort of global nurse leaders.
28 November 2025
ICN supports American Nurses Association in warning against limiting graduate nursing education funding
The Board of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), meeting this week in Geneva, expressed its deep concern around proposals from the U.S. Department of Education to remove nursing from the list of recognised professional degrees eligible for full federal loan support.
27 November 2025
Bridging Global Health Agendas: NCDs, AMR, and Interprofessional Collaboration
WHPA’s latest interprofessional webinar tackled the often overlooked connections between NCDs and AMR.
26 November 2025
Asia’s nursing leaders call for stronger national workforce planning and chart a path forward
Nursing leaders from across Asia have highlighted a critical disconnect between global commitments to strengthen nursing workforces and the reality of national-level implementation, warning that many countries lack the strategic frameworks needed to address persistent workforce shortages and advocating for urgent action and investment.
24 November 2025
ICN's World Health Assembly report underscores impact of nursing leadership in shaping global health policy
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has released its official report on this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), highlighting a major moment of nursing impact in 2025 and demonstrating how nurses are essential to every pillar of global health at a time when the world faces major health, economic, and humanitarian challenges.
20 November 2025
ICN and BD Foundation Empower Nursing Leadership Across Latin America
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the BD Foundation, the philanthropic arm of global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), today announced they are expanding the reach of ICN’s Organizational Development of National Nursing Associations (ODENNA) programme to Latin America in 2026. Through this deepened collaboration, ICN and the BD Foundation aim to strengthen nursing leadership and organizational development in new regions.
18 November 2025
Calling Global Nurse Leaders: Applications open for ICN’s 2026 Global Nursing Leadership Institute
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is inviting applications for the 2026 Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI), a world-renowned nurse leadership development programme that equips senior nurses to influence health policy and drive change on the global stage.
15 November 2025
Solemn Session at Rio de Janeiro’s Legislative Assembly honors FEPPEN and celebrates the strength of Nursing with the presence of ICN President
The Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) held a Solemn Session in honor of the Pan American Federation of Nursing Professionals (FEPPEN) at the Palácio Tiradentes Plenary Hall. The ceremony held yesterday, organized by the office of State Representative and Nurse Lilian Behring, brought together national and international authorities and featured the presence of Dr. José Luis Cobos Serrano, President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and one of the most influential global leaders in nursing.
12 November 2025
Strengthening Ukrainian nursing through crisis: ICN leadership programme delivers hope
The second module of ICN's first Nursing Leadership for Crisis Response and Recovery (NLCRR) programme has been successfully delivered onsite in Ukraine with a cohort of 24 Ukrainian nurses in leadership positions across the country's healthcare system, selected competitively from 400 applications.
10 November 2025
ICN’s GNLI scholars address urgent health challenges in Geneva, supported by WHO Chief Nurse and international ambassadors
The 2025 Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) Geneva Week brought together 29 exceptional nurse leaders from 27 countries to tackle complex health policy issues and build strategic partnerships.
7 November 2025
WHPA Urges COP30 to Build Climate-Smart, Health Professional-Led Health Systems under the Belém Health Action Plan
As the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) begins in Belém, Brazil, the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) is calling on governments and global leaders to ensure that health professionals are at the centre of implementing the Belém Health Action Plan (BHAP), the new global roadmap for climate-resilient and sustainable health systems.
6 November 2025
ICN’s Megumi Yamaura-Teshima brings the voice of nursing to World Prevention of Nuclear War Congress in Nagasaki
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) in close collaboration with the Japanese Nursing Association (JNA) brought the powerful voice of the global nursing profession to the 24th World Congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), held under the theme “A World Without Nuclear Weapons – Nagasaki as the last A-bombed city.”
5 November 2025