Healthy Planet, Healthy People - the COP28 declaration

Healthy Planet, Healthy People - the COP28 declaration is a call to action and opportunity for healthcare workers to work with their employers to commit 1% of their pension funds to support sustainable development (the 17 SDGs). 

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 (Open letter from Medical Community COP28)

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 partners would work with those organisations 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 Healthy Planet, Healthy People COP28 declaration to mobilise the health sectors pension funds to support sustainable development around the world. We're calling on the 46 million healthcare workers around the world to support sustainable development with a 1% commitment of their pension funds. We need new financial vehicles that can support investment opportunities that deliver a sustainable world." 

Gareth Presch, CEO, World Health Innovation Summit

World Health Innovation Summit CIC, Ecogreen Capital, GGWoA Foundation, Global Social Prescribing Alliance , Marfa Advisors, Commonwealth Pacific Climate Fund, The Good Economy, LG Nova Capital Alliance, Affinity Healthcare Advocates, Medsign, Orora, Pulse4Pulse etc 

Contact gareth@whis.world for further details.