Adaptation financing does not often reach places where the climate-sensitivity of the health sector is greatest . Financial constraints in Africa are one of the key reasons for slow implementation of health adaptation measures . Strengthening health systems in vulnerable countries has the potential to reduce current and future economic costs related to environmental health risks, thus enabling reinvestment in the health system and sustainable development . Robust and comprehensive climate and health financing builds first on core health sector investments . Other potential opportunities for resource mobilisation include health-specific funding mechanisms, climate change funding streams and investments from multi-sectoral actions and actions in health-determining sectors . Incorporating climate change and health considerations into disaster reduction and management strategies could improve funding opportunities and increase potential funding streams . Reinforcing cross-sectoral governance mechanisms maximises health co-benefits and economic savings by allowing for multi-sectoral costs and benefits to be comprehensively considered in decision-making . An additional financial need concerns health research, the existing funding for which does not match what is needed to support the implementation of the combined objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Paris Agreement .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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