BAKU, Nov 14 (IPS) – Climate change and its impact on public health haven’t made the top of the agenda even at a forum like the UN Climate Conference, but is should, say the health community.
Understanding the gap, more than 100 organizations from across the international health and climate community came together as the Global Climate and Health Alliance and have called wealthy countries to protect people’s health by committing to provide climate finance in the order of a trillion dollars annually, in addition to global action with leadership from the highest emitting countries to end the fossil fuel era.
Alliance endorsed nine recommendations for the summit through a policy brief—‘A COP29 for People and Planet‘ which includes financing to community engagement.
In an interview with Dr. Jeni Miller, Executive Director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance IPS asked about the recommendations and why they were necessary.
IPS: How and why the international health and climate community came together—why was it necessary, right before COP29?
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