Climate and health: a path to strategic co-financing?
Josephine Borghi1,2, Soledad Cuevas3, Blanca Anton1
1Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1H9SH, UK.
Health Policy and Planning
|November 18, 2024
Summary
Co-financing health and climate investments offers significant benefits. Strategic co-financing, though under-explored, is vital for building resilience and sustainability by integrating health and climate goals.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Environmental Science
- Health Economics
Background:
- Climate change significantly impacts health costs, affecting governments, insurers, and households.
- Isolated financing approaches hinder the realization of co-benefits between health and climate sectors.
- Co-financing strategies offer a pathway to improve outcomes in both health and climate domains.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a framework for studying co-financing for health and climate.
- To identify enablers and barriers to implementing co-financing mechanisms.
- To explore the potential of climate finance as a resource for health.
Main Methods:
- A rigorous, evidence-focused review of international literature (PubMed, Web of Science, 2013-2023).
- Inclusion of grey literature from key health and climate agencies.
- Consultation with relevant stakeholders.
Main Results:
- Current evidence predominantly covers passive co-financing, addressing financial impacts of climate inaction.
- Strategic co-financing and integrative models requiring cross-sectoral coordination are underexplored.
- Insufficient funding limits the demonstration of effectiveness for existing strategic co-financing initiatives.
Conclusions:
- Strategic co-financing is crucial for health and climate resilience, requiring cross-sectoral collaboration and funding.
- Integrating health into climate plans and climate considerations into health budgets is essential.
- Robust evaluations and dissemination of best practices are needed to advance co-financing strategies.
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