The COP26 health commitments: A springboard towards environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient health care systems?
Blom, Iris Martine;
Beagley, Jessica;
Quintana, Amanda V;
(2022)
The COP26 health commitments: A springboard towards environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient health care systems?
The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 6.
p. 100136.
ISSN 2667-2782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100136
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Climate change necessitates urgent adaptation and mitigation, including in health systems. The World Health Organization co-launched the COP26 Health Programme as a platform for national commitments. Over 50 countries committed to environmentally sustainable and/or climate-resilient health systems. National health policies should reflect a contextual balance between mitigation and adaptation. These policies must recognize mitigation and adaptation interlinkages, combine bottom-up and top-down approaches and be based on evidence.