2025 Climate and health policy priorities for Canada

This document summarises key priority areas of focus for Canada, supported by evidence from the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown. Integrating health across Canada's climate change policies can strengthen preparedness, drive adaptation, and cut emissions. Together, this report shows explains how these priorities can deliver rapid health gains, reduce inequities, and build a climate-resilient, equitable future.

The three key priority areas are as follows:

1. Fund and implement the national adaptation strategy to strengthen Canada's health system resilience.
2. Apply mandatory climate-resilience and low-carbon standards to the affordable housing fund.
3. Implement and enforce stronger federal methane regulations to protect health.