EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Human-induced action (e.g., unsustainable economic development) increases climate change thr Climate change impacts (e.g., rising temperature) continuously contribute to the rising burden of adverse health outcomes and disrupt the health delivery systems.
- As one of the regions highly and unevenly at-risk from climate-related hazards, ASEAN must prepare for the rising threats of climate change in the health sector by establishing climate-resilient health Accordingly, enacting and improving climate change mitigation and adaptation in the health sector is essential to achieve this goal.
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
- Establishing mitigation policies in the health sector requires integrating cognitive capacity and flexibility into ASEAN Member States’ health system by conducting capacity- building programmes to increase relevant stakeholders’ understanding and involvement, identifying existing initiatives, and measuring the results of existing initiatives for climate mitigation in the r
- Strengthening adaptation policies in the health sector involves enhancing the six building blocks of the health system to cope with climate-induced hazards by ensuring the achievement of the ten key components of a climate-resilient health system in the building
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