Climate change - the biggest health threat facing humanity

World Health Innovation Summit - Climate (SDG13) and Health (SDG3) 

Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis.

The 2021 United Nations climate negotiations in Glasgow (COP26) were a critical moment and opportunity to put the world on a path that protects people from catastrophic climate change.

Over 600 organizations representing over 46 million health workers, from 102 different countries, signed the open letter to national leaders and country delegations, calling for real action to address the climate crisis by limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and to make human health and equity central to all climate change mitigation and adaptation actions. 

Health professionals from around the world delivered the Prescription message that we must act on. There now is an opportunity to turn words into action. We believe the opportunity exists to create a new fund that not only supports climate action but would mobilize the capital needed to support a sustainable model of health and wellbeing (SDG3) that creates value based on prevention, early intervention and using different resources. The aim is to enable people and communities to thrive and improve their health and wellbeing, support existing health services, create new and meaningful jobs while supporting the implementation of the 17 sustainable development goals. 

The Fund would work with those organizations and national governments to support pension funds work towards financing new SDG projects to support the transition to the global goals by 2030 and beyond. 

The idea would be that the Fund would also support a new climate and health business accelerator. 

Partners: Global Social Prescribing Alliance, WISE (GSIF), EXPO2027 - WFBCEF (Not all partners listed).

* TBD - Final list of participants DECK.

Ref: WHO Climate Change and Health

Global Solutions (G20) Moving forward during COVID19 while implementing SDG3 Good Health & Wellbeing Healthy Prescription (COP27)

Investors (Family Offices, Banks, Companies etc) can contact: gareth@whis.uk