Latin American and Caribbean Climate and Health Network
The Latin America and Caribbean Climate and Health Network is convened by the Global Climate and Health Alliance, and includes health professional and student organizations, climate and health research centers, and NGOs working to minimise the impacts of climate change on human health and to achieve public health benefits from climate mitigation and adaptation. The network represents a wide diversity in geography and expertise across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Vision
Latin America and the Caribbean becomes a healthy, sustainable, equitable, resilient and inclusive region with cross-sectoral development and climate action policies that consider people as the central focus, promote climate adaptation, create resilient systems and maximise co-benefits in health.
Mission
Protecting the health and well-being of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean by developing the opportunities presented by cross-sectoral climate action in the face of climate change, and maximising health co-benefits.
Members
Common Position of Latin America and the Caribbean on Climate Change and Health
Developed through a participatory, multisectoral process, it outlines six strategic pillars: health protection, mitigation, adaptation, climate justice, leadership, and financing. Rooted in scientific evidence and local knowledge, equity considerations, and social determinants of health, the Position calls for bold, integrated climate action that puts people’s health at the center.
