For the Health of People and Planet Priorities for a Healthy COP28

The Global Climate and Health Alliance and its signatories call for a 'Health in All Policies' approach at COP28, arguing that climate action is a public health imperative. The statement advocates for a full phase-out of fossil fuels to save 3.6 million lives annually, the integration of health metrics into the Global Goal on Adaptation, and the strategic allocation of climate finance toward health outcomes. It further emphasizes the need for a Loss and Damage Fund that addresses health losses and a transition to sustainable food systems to reduce premature deaths from diet-related non-communicable diseases.

• The signatories argue that a full phase-out of fossil fuels and a transition to renewable energy is a public health imperative that could save 3.6 million lives every year.
• The document asserts that fossil gas is not a viable transition fuel due to its health and climate impacts, specifically noting that methane is a precursor for ground level ozone and toxic co-pollutants.
• Adaptation efforts should center on health and wellbeing, with the inclusion of outcomes-based health targets and metrics within the Global Goal on Adaptation Framework.
• The statement calls for the Loss and Damage Fund to be operationalised and capitalised to respond to public health needs, emphasizing that loans and insurance are insufficient.
• Climate finance should be strategically allocated to projects with high returns on investment for physical and mental health, and the document notes that universal health coverage could be achieved using approximately one seventh of current global fossil fuel subsidies.
• A transition to sustainable healthy diets and a move away from industrial livestock farming could prevent 11 million premature adult deaths annually from undernutrition and diet-related non-communicable diseases.
• The document requests that the UNFCCC Secretariat limit the influence of fossil fuel companies and unhealthy commodity industries on policymaking, similar to the exclusion of the tobacco industry under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (n.d.). For the Health of People and Planet Priorities for a Healthy COP28. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Priorities-for-a-Healthy-COP28_16-November.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. For the Health of People and Planet Priorities for a Healthy COP28. n.d. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Priorities-for-a-Healthy-COP28_16-November.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{globalclimateandhealthalliancendhealth, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{For the Health of People and Planet Priorities for a Healthy COP28}}, publisher = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Priorities-for-a-Healthy-COP28_16-November.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }