Supporting Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Health Systems through the Climate and Health Initiative

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The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) cluster will support developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as they accelerate the transition to low-carbon health systems that are resilient to the negative impacts of climate change. The TA cluster will provide the fundamental inputs necessary to realize ADB's Climate and Health Initiative (CHI), including: (i) improving knowledge and evidence of the gender-differentiated health impacts of climate change and the most effective strategies to strengthen climate resilience within health systems; (ii) building the capacities of DMCs to design and implement innovative, evidence-based gender-responsive climate and health solutions; and (iii) developing a pipeline of transformative investments that will strengthen climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems. The TA cluster aligns with ADB's strategic priority to become the climate bank of Asia and the Pacific, as articulated in its new operating model (NOM) in pursuit of Strategy 2030. Under the NOM, climate action will be embedded across ADB operations as ADB aims to provide $100 billion from its own funds for climate financing from 2019 to 2030. ADB has also committed to having 100% of its sovereign operations and 85% of its private sector operations aligned with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. The CHI is a key deliverable of the ADB's Climate Change Action Plan. It will help DMCs identify investment gaps and leverage domestic and international climate financing to enhance health system resilience against climate change through mobilizing ADB's sovereign and non-sovereign lending and technical expertise.