<p>Based on the OECD’s climate finance project database, this research comprehensively analyzes investments in the health sector from over 222,724 project records since 2000. It systematically assesses adaptive climate finance and public health data across 117 countries by employing a new climate finance tracking method. Findings show that adaptive climate finance positively impacts public health outcomes, with a 1% increase in adaptive climate finance in the health sector reducing under-five mortality by 0.520% and crude mortality by 0.383%. Mechanism analysis provide mixed evidence on the specific channels through which climate finance affects public health. The analysis of different health outcomes further reveals that climate finance significantly increases female life expectancy. Accordingly, the paper proposes policy recommendations for optimizing the allocation of global climate finance and promoting synergy between climate objectives and public health development.</p>

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Harnessing climate finance for public health: a global perspective

  • Yuzhu Fang,
  • Chi-Chuan Lee,
  • Jie Yu

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Based on the OECD’s climate finance project database, this research comprehensively analyzes investments in the health sector from over 222,724 project records since 2000. It systematically assesses adaptive climate finance and public health data across 117 countries by employing a new climate finance tracking method. Findings show that adaptive climate finance positively impacts public health outcomes, with a 1% increase in adaptive climate finance in the health sector reducing under-five mortality by 0.520% and crude mortality by 0.383%. Mechanism analysis provide mixed evidence on the specific channels through which climate finance affects public health. The analysis of different health outcomes further reveals that climate finance significantly increases female life expectancy. Accordingly, the paper proposes policy recommendations for optimizing the allocation of global climate finance and promoting synergy between climate objectives and public health development.