Adaptation insights – Climate-resilient health systems for sustained value chains, healthcare access and services

This edition of the adaptation insights series addresses the specific question of how health systems can be made climate resilient in order to sustain value chains, healthcare services, and access to healthcare. To answer this question, this report first presents the impacts of climate change on health systems and the status quo of climate change adaptation.

The following actionable recommendations have been made in five main categories, derived and synthesised from the analyses of the report, are tailored to different stakeholders:

• Embed Climate Risks at the Core of Health System Planning, Financing, and Monitoring
• Shift from Asset-Level Resilience to System-Wide and Value Chain Approaches Considering Interdependencies
• Focus on Sustaining Access to Healthcare and Make Health Systems User-Centric, Locally-Led, and Service-Oriented
• Build and Manage Adaptive, Dynamic, and Evidence-Based Health Systems
• Strengthen Regional Cooperation and Mobilise Finance for Climate-Resilient Health Systems