Climate-resilient health development: High-level health care climate action Principle 1
Categories: Climate change & health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Guidance document, Discussion paper, Global, Western Pacific, South East Asia, Financing, Climate Resilient Health Systems, Supply Chains
Publisher: Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
In 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) together with India’s Ministry of Health developed a set of five High-Level Principles for Health Care Climate Action. These principles informed the 2023 G20 heads of state and health working group commitments to strengthen climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems.
This paper is the first in a series of five papers outlining policy and operational recommendations for economies in Asia and the Pacific to operationalize each of the principles. This paper identifies ten priorities for climate-resilient health sector development, including strategies for health policy, leadership and governance; health data, surveillance, and information systems; health infrastructure and service delivery; human resources for health; and the health care supply chain.