Opportunities for Integrated Climate, SRHR, and Gender Investments
Investments are needed in every area of health and health systems to avert the impacts of climate change. It is imperative that these investments are done in a participatory, intersectional, and locally-responsive manner, advancing the leadership and participation of all community members – especially women and girls – at every step of the way.
We have identified seven investment areas, building on the WHO framework for climate resilient health systems. Within each, we provide investment ideas, sample metrics, and case studies to provide illustrative examples of pathways towards a healthier and more resilient future for all.
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Mainstream SRHR and gender into country-level climate adaptation planning to ensure women and girls are not left behind.
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Build technical capacity for frontline healthcare workers to ensure positive health outcomes in climate-affected communities.
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Expand access to up-to-date, quality data to enable data-informed policy development, effective early warning systems, and robust climate-SRHR research and programming.
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Strengthen the climate resilience of health delivery infrastructure and supply chains to ensure continuous access to health services and achieve climate mitigation co-benefits.
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Investing in agile service delivery can reduce climate-related health risks and increase the potential for affected populations to access essential SRHR services during climate disasters.
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Integrated climate and health programming ensures that critical services that support positive SRH outcomes in climate-affected communities are accessible to all.
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Filling key research gaps while improving monitoring and evaluation techniques will accelerate action for improved SRH and climate resilience.
