Presentación al primer llamado técnico de CMNUCC sobre el Balance Mundial (GST)

The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) and Health and Climate Network (HCN) submit that health is a prerequisite and critical indicator for the Paris Agreement's success. They highlight that mitigation in energy, food, and transport can prevent millions of deaths annually by 2040, yet only 28% of updated NDCs recognize these health co-benefits. While 94% of surveyed countries include health in National Adaptation Plans, funding remains a critical barrier, with only 0.5% of certain multilateral adaptation funds allocated to health-specific projects. 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (2022). Presentación al primer llamado técnico de CMNUCC sobre el Balance Mundial (GST). https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GCHA-HCN-GST-Submission-SPA.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. Presentación al primer llamado técnico de CMNUCC sobre el Balance Mundial (GST). 2022. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GCHA-HCN-GST-Submission-SPA.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliance2022presentacin, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{Presentación al primer llamado técnico de CMNUCC sobre el Balance Mundial (GST)}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2022}, month = feb, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GCHA-HCN-GST-Submission-SPA.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }