Promoting a sustainable and resilient unified health system in Bolivia in the face of climate change

The proposal identifies a critical lack of human, technical, and financial resources within Bolivia's health sector to address climate-related health risks. To resolve this, the project aims to mainstream health into national climate planning, conduct vulnerability and adaptation assessments, and establish a national climate and health observatory. It also focuses on measuring the carbon footprint of healthcare facilities, improving disaster response protocols for extreme weather, and developing a bankable concept note for future Green Climate Fund (GCF) financing. A strong emphasis is placed on gender-responsive strategies, recognizing the disproportionate impact of climate change on indigenous and rural women.

• Bolivia's health sector suffers from a lack of institutional leadership and technical capacity to participate in national climate planning, with health considerations being "inconsistently included in national climate change planning".
• The health sector in Bolivia lacks the tools and expertise to measure its environmental impact, noting that "comprehensive data on the carbon footprint of healthcare facilities is missing in Bolivia's third NC".
• There is a significant gap in public and professional awareness regarding climate-health links, as PAHO surveys indicate "no comprehensive training on climate change and health has been provided to the Ministry of Health or to health personnel in Bolivia".
• Bolivia faces difficulties in accessing international climate finance for health, a trend mirrored globally where "only about 0.5% of multilateral climate financing has been allocated to health-sector projects".
• Indigenous and rural women in Bolivia experience "climate discrimination", facing disproportionate impacts due to their roles in agriculture, food security, and unpaid care work.
• The proposal seeks to establish a national climate and health observatory to serve as a "centralized platform or repository that collects, integrates, and analyzes various types of data related to climate, health, environment, and economics".
• The project will implement a Vulnerability and Adaptation (V&A) assessment following the "2021 WHO methodology" to identify health risks and prioritize adaptation policies.
• To improve disaster response, the grant will develop a "strategic plan to improve extreme weather event response" based on an evaluation of current protocols and training gaps.
• The grant will support the development of a "concept note for health and climate change" to mobilize future GCF funding for high-impact health resilience projects.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). Promoting a sustainable and resilient unified health system in Bolivia in the face of climate change. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20240214-apprvd-readnnss-grnt-bolivia-who.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Promoting a sustainable and resilient unified health system in Bolivia in the face of climate change. 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20240214-apprvd-readnnss-grnt-bolivia-who.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024promoting, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Promoting a sustainable and resilient unified health system in Bolivia in the face of climate change}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/20240214-apprvd-readnnss-grnt-bolivia-who.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }