A framework for the quantification and economic valuation of health outcomes originating from health and non-health climate change mitigation and adaptation action

"This report presents a framework to link science, policy and practice for a comprehensive assessment of climate mitigation and adaptation investments and their impact on human health. The framework proposes to use weather and climate data to forecast health impacts over time, as well as biophysical and economic models to quantify the outcomes of investments in climate change adaptation and mitigation for relevant sectoral indicators and health co-benefits. It provides guidance on the economic valuation of health co-benefits of climate action, for inclusion in sector-specific cost–benefit analysis (CBA), including the spatial allocation of such costs and benefits. The framework developed and presented in this study is comprehensive, and provides various entry points for different audiences, including decision-makers in the public and private sectors, researchers and scientists, working in the health sector as well as in other thematic areas and related sectors affected by climate action."
1. Introduction: why a framework to model climate/policy effects on health? -- 2. Overview of the conceptual framework and its relevance for quantitative assessments -- 3. Implementing the framework -- 4. How to prioritize interventions based on CBA and CEA -- 5. Pilot-testing the framework to identify and quantify health gains from mitigation and adaptation actions -- Annex 1. Health impacts and their causes -- Annex 2. Economic valuation of health co-benefits of climate mitigation and adaptation – Pakistan case study.

vii, 117 p. : ill., graphs, maps, tables

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