To understand the key elements of climate-resilient health care, HCWH’s Southeast Asia Climate Team spearheaded a scoping assessment for the HCWH global network. This initiative pinpointed key elements of climate-resilient healthcare systems, addressing the question: “What are the essential elements of climate-resilient health systems?”

The assessment proposes a set of elements centered on enabling the sector to proactively address the challenges posed by climate change and build climate-resilient systems while reducing its environmental footprint and prioritizing equitable access to healthcare and overall community health and wellbeing: