Resourcing Climate and Health Priorities: A Mapping of International Finance Flows from 2018–2022

The impacts of the climate crisis are being felt around the world as people lose their families, communities, lands, and livelihoods. Every fraction of warming compounds this suffering, and the cost of inaction will ultimately be measured in human lives. It is estimated that climate change could result in 14.5–15.6 million deaths between 2026 and 2050.

Countries are planning for the threat climate change poses to health, and finance ― both domestic and international ― must keep up to meet those needs. This white paper provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the levels and trends in self-reported financing for climate and health ― a critical baseline understanding from which countries, funders, implementers, and advocates can work to strengthen financing for climate and health.

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