For decades, frontline voices from the most affected communities have been sounding the alarm.

Climate change is the greatest threat of our lifetime.

But for too long, we’ve ignored the fact that we are also facing a climate-driven health crisis.

As a direct result of Earth’s rising temperature, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent and furious, and are inevitably followed by extreme health events.

Millions are suffering from the effects of extreme heat, dangerous air quality, and climate-sensitive disease.

And cruelly, those who are most affected by climate change are the least responsible for it.

But while the challenge is getting bigger, the solutions are getting better.

We have the tools and know-how to save millions of lives today and arrest warming to protect and save billions of future lives.

We’re galvanizing leaders from business, policy, advocacy, philanthropy and the nonprofit sectors to join a global movement that drives breakthrough action at the climate x health nexus, centering health as the human face of climate change.

Harnessing the power of storytelling, solutions, and scaled investment to tackle the climate-driven health crisis, the campaign aims to accelerate ambition for people and the planet by being:

Story–led: The campaign is grounded in real stories from frontline heroes and innovators that make climate change real, resonant and relatable.

Solution-focused: The campaign focuses on specific, investible solutions that can save lives and protect the planet.

Community-driven: The campaign is powered by hundreds of civil society organizations from communities where health is being most impacted by climate change.

Open Source: All campaign content is made available for free to partners to power their own efforts to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change.

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Campaign Goals

Two-and-a-half years of action through COP30 and seven years of outcomes through 2030

Grow the Movement

Engage the 500 most vital world leaders and over 50M citizens, those who have the power to put health at the center of climate action and investment.

Mobilize Unprecedented Resources to Protect Lives Now

Unlock $25B in direct investments by COP30 to protect health by accelerating climate adaptation and mitigation actions.

Scale Solutions for Measured Impact

Empower and equip partners to elevate and scale breakthrough solutions to save 10 million lives and protect the health of 100 million people on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

Extreme weather events are increasing the frequency and severity of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.

New vaccines and mosquito technologies can eliminate rainy season risk and early warning systems can help predict and prevent outbreaks.
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‍The risk is real, but so are the solutions.

More than 1 billion people are at high risk of deadly heat stress, which kills an estimated 5 million people per year. Poor urban populations are especially exposed.

Adequate tree shading and clean cooling technologies provide life-saving heat relief while eliminating gigatons of CO2.
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‍The risk is real, but so are the solutions.

3 billion people are exposed to household air pollution from unsafe stoves and cooking fires, which kill 4 million people per year.

Clean Cooking Stove technology is a safe, affordable and efficient way to save lives and reduce burning of wood and coal.
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‍The risk is real, but so are the solutions.

Two billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and extreme weather events increase the risk of waterborne diseases like cholera.

Low-cost water-purification technologies like chlorination reduce the risk of mortality among children under 5 by 30%.
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‍The risk is real, but so are the solutions.

The Problem

Rising sea levels and powerful typhoons threaten island nations - reclaiming coastal land, destroying traditional dwellings, and salinating sources of drinking water.

The Solution

Novel climate-resilient housing and water technologies are allowing indigenous populations to stay healthy on threatened island nations.

The Problem

Rising sea levels and powerful typhoons threaten island nations - reclaiming coastal land, destroying traditional dwellings, and salinating sources of drinking water.

The Solution

Novel climate-resilient housing and water technologies are allowing indigenous populations to stay healthy on threatened island nations.

The Problem

Rising sea levels and powerful typhoons threaten island nations - reclaiming coastal land, destroying traditional dwellings, and salinating sources of drinking water.

The Solution

Novel climate-resilient housing and water technologies are allowing indigenous populations to stay healthy on threatened island nations.