2023 State of climate services: Health
The 2023 edition of the report describes the current state of climate services for health. It considers a range of data, peer-reviewed literature and reports, policy documents and case studies. Adapting to the fast-changing and dynamic health risks which are being created or exacerbated by climate change demands transformative changes, targeted investments and coordinated approaches across sectors.
As a way forward, a number of strategic activities and mechanisms are critical to help reduce the health impacts of climate change, including:
- Enabling policy mandates for health and meteorological actors to collaborate and share data;
- Adopting interlinked and multisectoral policies and coordination mechanisms, at all operational and institutional levels;
- Raising awareness of the importance of climate information for climate adaptation and resilience, and of the technical requirements and investment gaps ;
- Assessing the readiness of partners to co-produce fit-for purpose climate analytics and services and building projects based on capacities;
- Developing cadres of new professionals who have received transdisciplinary climate and health training and are institutionally enabled to work across a diverse range of partnerships;
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