I n 2025, the world is seeing an avalanche of funding cuts for global health. Amid calls for increased sustainable health funding, we must also consider how we can invest available funding more effectively. This means leveraging finance for health outcomes currently isolated in other sectors and a deliberate political choice to break down silos and prioritise integrated governance. The world is facing converging crises in climate change, additional funding from development institutions, philanthropies and the private sector Focusing investments on the nexus between health, climate change and the natural environment could unlock billions of dollars in
A new playbook for global health: Investing in infrastructure for planetary health
environmental degradation and public health instability. These are inextricably linked, amplifying one another and undermining sustainable development progress. Already, 3.6 billion people face heightened health risks due to climate change, with the World Health Organization estimating that climate-intensified natural
Ajay Bhushan Pandey, vice president, Investment Solutions, and Erik Berglof, chief economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
disasters could result in 15 million additional deaths by 2050. Low- and middle-income countries, which often have scant investments in climate- and health-related infrastructure, are at the greatest risk. BEYOND FRAGMENTATION Yet, global financing remains in silos. Funding models often neglect the root environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe water and functioning ecosystems.
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Health: A Political Choice – The Future of Health in a Fractured World
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