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While 90% of analyzed NDCs mention health and climate linkages, the report finds a significant mismatch between health recognition and actual climate ambition, particularly in G20 nations. Low- and middle-income countries generally achieved the highest health scores, while several high-income nations scored zero. The report recommends enhanced intersectoral collaboration, the quantification of health co-benefits to secure financing, and the exclusion of the fossil fuel industry from climate policymaking.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"A vast majority of the analyzed NDCs (90%) include some reference to the linkages between health and climate change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a disparity in health scoring based on national income levels; all 16 countries that scored 11/18 points or higher were low- and middle-income countries, whereas Australia, Japan, and New Zealand scored zero.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional analysis shows that Parties from the United Nations Latin America and Caribbean Region had the highest average health scores (10.2 points), followed by Africa (9.4 points), Asia-Pacific (6.3 points), Eastern Europe (2.3 points), and the Western Europe and Others Group (1.2 points).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a lack of correlation between a country's recognition of health implications and its level of climate ambition. For example, Egypt and the UAE both included health in their NDCs (scoring 8 and 10 points respectively) but are rated by Climate Action Tracker as having emissions targets in line with a >4°C temperature rise.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies a specific lack of recognition regarding the health co-benefits of phasing out fossil fuels in the energy sector, with only 28% of NDCs mentioning these co-benefits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Burundi's NDC is highlighted as exemplary for its integrated governance, including the health sector's contribution to the NDC's development and plans to electrify 455 health centres using solar energy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000092#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Nationally Determined Contributions","climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation","effects of climate change on human health","fossil-fuel phase-out","renewable energy","climate finance","loss and damage","public health","solar energy"],"geography_discussed":["Burundi","Ivory Coast","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Dominica","Palestine","Venezuela","Australia","Japan","New Zealand","Latin America and Caribbean","Africa","Asia-Pacific","Eastern Europe","Western Europe","Indonesia","Saudi Arabia","Turkey","Egypt","United Arab Emirates","Bangladesh","Nepal","Thailand"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","scorecard analysis"]},{"id":"clihealth-000023","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clihealth-000023","title":"2022 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health","publisher":{"name":"Global Climate and Health Alliance","organization":"global-climate-and-health-alliance"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-12","source_url":"https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-WHO-CS-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The 2022 report outlines the achievements of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group, including coordinated submissions to the UNFCCC, a joint call for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, and the establishment of a health pavilion at COP27. 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The document urges the GST to quantify health impacts as non-economic losses and damages and to monitor the realization of the human right to a healthy environment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Climate mitigation in the energy, food/agriculture, and transport sectors can yield significant health co-benefits, potentially avoiding 1.18 million, 5.86 million, and 1.15 million deaths annually by 2040 across nine specific countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The health sector contributes 4.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions and represents approximately 10% of the global GDP, positioning it as a key actor in intersectoral mitigation efforts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While health is widely integrated into planning—with 94% of WHO-surveyed countries including it in National Adaptation Plans—implementation is severely hindered by a lack of human resources and financing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate finance for health is critically insufficient; a 2018 survey of major multilateral adaptation funds found that only approximately US$ 9 million (0.5%) of over US$ 1500 million in disbursed funds were allocated to health-specific projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Health is recognized by the UNFCCC as a non-economic impact under loss and damage, encompassing vector-borne and water-borne diseases, as well as mortality from extreme weather events, though these impacts remain poorly quantified.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Analysis of 94 updated NDCs shows that while 90% reflect some link between health and climate, few include economic evaluations or financial provisions related to health, and these links are rarely tied to specific greenhouse gas reduction targets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clihealth-000062#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["effects of climate change on human health","climate change mitigation","climate change adaptation","climate finance","loss and damage","Nationally Determined Contributions","greenhouse gas emissions","public health infrastructure","vector-borne disease","air quality"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","technical submission"]},{"id":"clihealth-000111","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clihealth-000111","title":"2021 Report on the WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health","publisher":{"name":"Global Climate and Health Alliance","organization":"global-climate-and-health-alliance"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2021-12","source_url":"https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2021-WHO-NGO-WG-Report-to-DG.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The WHO-Civil Society Working Group to Advance Action on Climate and Health reports on its 2021 efforts to mobilize the health sector for climate action. 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