Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake first technical call

The Global Climate and Health Alliance and the Health and Climate Network submit that health is a prerequisite for the Paris Agreement's success and should be an explicit outcome of the Global Stocktake. They highlight that while 94% of countries include health in National Adaptation Plans, financing remains a critical barrier, with only 0.5% of some multilateral adaptation funding allocated to health projects. The submission emphasizes the significant health co-benefits of mitigation in energy, food, and transport sectors and calls for the quantification of health as a non-economic impact under loss and damage.

• Climate mitigation in the energy, food and agriculture, and transport sectors can provide substantial health gains, potentially avoiding 1.18 million, 5.86 million, and 1.15 million deaths annually by 2040 across nine specific countries.
• Despite the potential for health co-benefits, only 28% of updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) from 2020–2021 acknowledge the health co-benefits of climate interventions, targets, or policies.
• While health is widely integrated into planning—with 94% of surveyed countries including health in National Adaptation Plans—financing and human resources are the primary obstacles to implementation, with 70% of surveyed countries citing financing as a major barrier.
• Climate adaptation funding for the health sector is severely inadequate; a 2018 survey of main multilateral funds showed that only approximately US$ 9 million (0.5%) of over US$ 1.5 billion in dispersed funding was allocated to projects specifically addressing health.
• Health is recognized as a non-economic impact under loss and damage, encompassing vector-borne and water-borne diseases, as well as mortality and illness from extreme weather events like wildfires and floods, though these impacts are not yet well quantified.
• An evaluation of 94 updated or enhanced NDCs as of October 1, 2021, found that 90% reflect health and climate linkages, but few include economic assessments or financial provisions for health.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (2022). Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake first technical call. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL-for-Submission_28-Feb_GCHA-and-HCN-Submission-to-the-First-Global-Stocktake-4.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake first technical call. 2022. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL-for-Submission_28-Feb_GCHA-and-HCN-Submission-to-the-First-Global-Stocktake-4.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliance2022submission, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake first technical call}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL-for-Submission_28-Feb_GCHA-and-HCN-Submission-to-the-First-Global-Stocktake-4.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }