Forging a Shared Path to COP30 - Regional Lessons for Transformative Climate and Health Governance in Asia

Sep 27, 2026

Forging a Shared Path to COP30 presents lessons and shared priorities from a regional virtual dialogue convened on 6 October 2025 by TACHS and partners. Participants from multiple Asian countries and stakeholders affirm climate as a core health crisis and call for integrating health into national, regional, and global climate frameworks. The statement lays out five pillars spanning governance integration, climate-resilient health systems, just transition and equity, climate and health finance, and regional knowledge and a unified COP30 voice, with follow-up convenings planned to deepen evidence-based action.

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Pillar 1: Transformative Governance and Institutional Integration

Integrating health into national climate policies and plans

Strengthening vulnerability drivers in HNAPs

Establishing multisectoral coordination mechanisms

Empowering decentralised and representative governance structures

Pillar 2: Building Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems

Early warning and surveillance linking meteorological and health data

Eco-competent health workforce development

Environmentally friendly health facilities and practices

Pillar 3: Ensuring a Just Transition through Equity and Community Engagement

Health vulnerability assessments with equity focus

Meaningful participation of communities and civil society

Pillar 4: Reimagining Climate and Health Finance

Equitable access to international climate finance for health

Domestic and innovative financing mechanisms aligned with development principles

Pillar 5: Fostering Regional Knowledge, Solidarity, and a Unified Voice for COP30

Regional knowledge and collaboration platform

Strengthening Asia’s collective voice in global forums

Moving Forward

Follow-up convening and continued engagement leading up to COP30

Forging a Shared Path to COP30: Regional Lessons for Transformative Climate and Health Governance in Asia This statement reflects the shared understanding and lessons emerging from a regional virtual dialogue convened on 6 October 2025 by the Asian Collective for Health Systems (TACHS), let by its partners the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), the United Nations University–International Institute for Global Health ( UNU–IIGH), and the Public Health Foundation of India ( PHFI) . The dialogue brought together government representatives from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, as well as multilateral partners and civil society organisations from across Asia, to articulate shared perspectives on integrating health and climate agendas in the lead-up to COP30 in Brasilia. Participants affirmed that the climate crisis is fundamentally a health crisis and that health should not be treated as a peripheral “co-benefit” of climate action but rather as a central principle and impact measure. They recognised the need for coherent, coordinated, and sustained regional engagement to embed health considerations within national, regional, and global climate frameworks. This statement marks the initial step in an ongoing regional collaboration aimed at informing national policymaking and contributing to a stronger, joint Asian perspective in global climate and health governance. It outlines five areas of shared priority for collective attention and continued dialogue. Pillar 1: Transformative Governance and Institutional Integration Integrating health actions into national climate policies and plans, including Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans ( NAPs), supported by measurable indicators and adequate resource allocation. Integrating systematic drivers of vulnerability in HNAPs to take action on environmental drivers of health, such as agriculture, poverty, urban settlements, energy, transport. Establishing or strengthening multisectoral coordination mechanisms that enable collaboration between health, environment, meteorology, finance, and other key ministries, including at the regional, nation and sub-national level. Empowering decentralised and representative governance structures to design and implement locally appropriate climate–health actions that reflect community needs and contexts. Pillar 2: Building Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems Developing integrated early warning and surveillance systems that link meteorological and health data to anticipate and manage and monitor climate-sensitive health risks, such as extreme heat. Investing in an eco-competent health workforce through education, training, and continuous professional development. Promoting environmentally friendly, health facilities and practices, including energy-efficient and climate-resilient infrastructure, sustainable procurement, recycling, and waste management. 1 Pillar 3: Ensuring a Just Transition through Equity and Community Engagement Comprehensive, dynamic health vulnerability assessments to ensure that policies address the gendered and intersectional needs of populations affected by climate change, including unemployed and undocumented persons, informal workers, indigenous peoples, and displaced communities. Institutionalising meaningful participation of communities and civil society in decision-making processes, ensuring that lived experiences and local knowledge systems inform policies. Pillar 4: Reimagining Climate and Health Finance Enhanced equitable access to international climate finance for health adaptation and mitigation, including through clearer metrics and strengthened collaboration with financing institutions. Mobilising domestic and innovative financing mechanisms, such as blended finance and public–private partnerships, governed and regulated to enhance public goods, as to support cross-sectoral socioecological

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the statement for COP30?

To capture shared lessons and priority areas from a regional dialogue on integrating health and climate agendas, informing national policymaking and strengthening an Asian perspective for COP30.

Why do participants frame the climate crisis as a health crisis?

They affirm climate change fundamentally affects population health and should be treated as a central principle and impact measure, not a peripheral “co-benefit.”

What are the five pillars of shared priority?

The statement outlines pillars on governance integration, climate-resilient health systems, a just transition through equity and community engagement, reimagined climate-and-health finance, and fostering regional knowledge, solidarity, and a unified COP30 voice.

Sep 27, 2026

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