6 – Study “Climate action and health: Same urgency, shared benefits”
Improvements in air quality, the promotion of active mobility, or shifts towards more nutritionally balanced diets… Policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions can have multiple, often immediate, benefits for public health, as demonstrated by scientific research. Yet, ten years after the Paris Agreement – a key moment in states’ commitment to climate action – these co-benefits remain insufficiently integrated into public policy.
The goal of limiting global warming to below 2°C, or even 1.5°C, increasingly appears at risk. Climate misinformation is gaining ground, while the notion of an “ecological backlash” is spreading across media and political spheres. In this context, addressing climate change through the lens of health is essential, offering new avenues to tackle global environmental disruption.
The climate emergency is also a public health emergency, as highlighted during the COP30 day dedicated to health. However, this note also aims to emphasise that the health sector can convey a distinctive message in the face of this crisis. Between climate action and health, the benefits are shared.
Jean-François Delfraissy, President of the think tank
It is from this perspective that the think tank ‘Santé mondiale 2030’ is publishing a scientific synthesis of the health co-benefits resulting from climate action. Based on a review of studies in the fields of epidemiology and environmental health, as well as on case studies, the note highlights the multiple sectors in which climate policies can generate public health gains: air quality and diets, transport, housing conditions, and more. These findings underscore the importance of designing climate strategies not only as tools for reducing emissions, but also as opportunities for rapid and tangible improvements in public health.
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5 – Study: “The healthcare professions of tomorrow”
The current global shortage of healthcare professionals and the new challenges and needs in the healthcare sector call for in-depth reflection on the future of the healthcare professions, and more broadly of the professions that contribute to the health of populations. This study, written by Maëlle de Sèze, Stéphanie Tchiombiano and Héloïse Mahé on behalf of the think tank Santé mondiale 2030 and financed by the Agence Française de Développement, emphasizes the need to train more, everywhere and differently. It also argues for the need to decompartmentalize healthcare professions, create new professions, and urgently rethink the organization of career paths.
4 – Study: Policy brief on the study “Global Fund and Health Systems Strengthening in West and Central Africa”
Discover the policy brief, a summary of the results of the “Global Fund and Health Systems Strengthening” study and recommendations.
3 – Study: Full report on the study “Global Fund and Health Systems Strengthening in West and Central Africa”
2 – Study: Synthesis of the results of the “Global Fund and Health Systems Strengthening in West and Central Africa”study
This study, conducted between February and September 2020 by Anne Bekelynck, in support with Agence Française de Développement (AFD), aims to analyze Global Fund support for health systems strengthening in West and Central Africa, more specifically since 2014 when the Global Fund’s new financing model was implemented.
1 – Investigation: Representations of French global health influence in Geneva-based international organizations
The aim of this investigation, conducted between April and August 2019, is to capture the perceptions of global health players about France’s influence within the international health organizations present in Geneva. It is not an analysis of France’s actual influence, its ability to convince, put a subject on the agenda or get its points of view adopted, but rather of how this influence is perceived by members of the Geneva “global health” community.
