The COP26 health commitments: A springboard towards environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient health care systems?
Iris Martine Blom, Jessica Beagley, Amanda Quintana
Abstract
• Climate change necessitates urgent adaptation and mitigation, including in health systems. • The World Health Organization co-launched the COP26 Health Programme as a platform for national commitments. • Over 50 countries committed to environmentally sustainable and/or climate-resilient health systems. • National health policies should reflect a contextual balance between mitigation and adaptation. • These policies must recognize mitigation and adaptation interlinkages, combine bottom-up and top-down approaches and be based on evidence.
Topics & Concepts
Adaptation (eye)Climate changeEnvironmental planningBusinessClimate change adaptationBalance (ability)Environmental resource managementHealthcare systemPolitical scienceHealth careGeographyEnvironmental scienceMedicinePsychologyEcologyNeuroscienceLawBiologyPhysical medicine and rehabilitationClimate Change and Health ImpactsGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life