The Rockefeller Foundation in partnership with the World Health Organization conducted in-depth interviews with 8 countries to better understand the challenges they face when seeking out climate-health financing, and what they think should be prioritized to help them in addressing those challenges.
The interview found common challenges to accessing financing, including coordination between ministries, difficulty costing climate and health solutions, lack of awareness across both technical and political leads, and omission of health in national climate policies.
The findings were released at the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health Annual Meeting in March 2024.
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Key Findings:
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of countries noted that combatting climate-aggravated infectious disease with improved surveillance and early warnings systems as a priority
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of countries cited lack of information on return on investment as a challenging to mobilizing financing for climate-health interventions
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of countries indicated that globally and locally relevant mechanisms that bring disparate actors together for joint-action and decision-making were key to reducing challenges associated with climate and health programming
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