Sustainable and Resilient Health Care in the Face of a Changing Climate

Abstract

Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating underlying vulnerabilities, worsening human health, and disrupting health systems' abilities to deliver high-quality continuous care. This review synthesizes the evidence of what the health care sector can do to adapt to a changing climate while reducing its own climate impact, identifies barriers to change, and makes recommendations to achieve sustainable, resilient health care systems.

Keywords: climate adaptation; climate change; emergency preparedness; resilient health care; supply chain resilience; sustainable health care.