Negotiating to Protect Health and Lives

The report argues that climate change threatens decades of global health progress and calls for the embedding of health priorities into all UNFCCC negotiations. It recommends operationalising the Global Goal on Adaptation with health indicators, phasing out fossil fuels to prevent millions of pollution-related deaths, and establishing a global mechanism for just transitions. The document highlights a severe finance gap, noting that current climate finance is insufficient to protect health, and suggests redirecting fossil fuel subsidies toward health-protective climate resilience. It also advocates for a transition to agroecology in food systems and the implementation of a robust Gender Action Plan to address gender-differentiated health impacts.

• Climate change is causing significant economic losses related to health, including US $1.09 trillion in global potential income losses in 2024 due to heat exposure and US $4.84 trillion in monetised air pollution-related mortality in 2023, which represents 4.7% of global GDP.
• The cost of health sector adaptation for developing countries is estimated at US $11.1 billion per year by 2030, while the total cost of climate-related health impacts in low- and middle-income countries could exceed US $20.8 trillion by 2050 without investment.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (2025). Negotiating to Protect Health and Lives. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/COP30-Health-Community-Recommendations_Nov-17.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. Negotiating to Protect Health and Lives. 2025. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/COP30-Health-Community-Recommendations_Nov-17.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliance2025negotiating, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{Negotiating to Protect Health and Lives}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/COP30-Health-Community-Recommendations_Nov-17.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }