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Dual challenges, shared wins: unlocking climate financing for nutrition.
Chiara Dell'Aira1, Natalia Rovelo-Velazquez1, Sarah LaHaye2
1Health Nutrition and Population, World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA.
International Journal for Equity in Health
|January 4, 2026
Summary
Integrating nutrition into climate finance offers significant opportunities to combat climate change and malnutrition simultaneously. A new scoring method found most climate funds have strong potential for nutrition integration, enabling shared gains for people and the planet.
Area of Science:
- Climate Change and Environmental Science
- Global Health and Nutrition
- Development Finance
Background:
- Climate change and malnutrition are interconnected global challenges, with climate change worsening malnutrition and food systems contributing to environmental degradation.
- Addressing these intertwined issues together presents opportunities for synergistic benefits, but current funding mechanisms remain siloed.
- Vulnerable populations are disproportionately affected by the combined impacts of climate change and malnutrition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a scoring methodology for assessing the compatibility of climate funds with financing nutrition-related actions.
- To identify the "scope for nutrition integration" within climate funds based on alignment with their primary goals.
- To provide a framework for leveraging climate finance to address malnutrition.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review and rating of 18 active climate funds using the Climate Funds Update database.
- Descriptive characterization of funds, including geographic reach, size, and focus.
- Scoring methodology based on mandate alignment, funding flexibility, visibility of nutrition action, and project precedents.
Main Results:
- 12 out of 18 analyzed climate funds demonstrated strong scope for nutrition integration, with 3 having some scope and 3 limited scope.
- Funds with comprehensive climate action (mitigation, adaptation, resilience) showed the highest potential for nutrition integration.
- Opportunities exist for nutrition-smart climate mitigation, even within mitigation-focused funds; a case study highlighted successful integration in Burundi.
Conclusions:
- A practical framework is provided for integrating nutrition into climate financing to enhance resilience, adaptation, and mitigation.
- Integrating nutrition through climate finance can address the dual crises of climate change and malnutrition.
- This approach can drive transformative outcomes for global health and environmental sustainability.
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