Health-focused climate finance for local adaptation

This policy brief presents an analysis of climate adaptation financing for health (2009-2019). It reveals insufficient funds allocated and calls for increased financing and local adaptation focus in the sector.

Some of the key messages of this briefing, include:

• Adaptation finance allocations remain low in contrast to the need identified by WMO and UNFCCC.
• Investments in sectors with health benefits are sufficiently evaluated with respect to their health benefits.
• Adaptation finance targeted to health services is urgently needed to ensure climate-resilient health systems.
• Top barriers to lack of climate finance for health include minimal information on funding opportunities, limited contact between health actors and climate change processes, lack of cross-departmental coordination on climate adaptation, and limited capacity to develop proposals.