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Summary of High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy Call to Action

The High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy stresses the critical link between climate change, energy access, and public health, emphasizing that ensuring safe, clean, affordable, and reliable energy in health-care facilities and households is essential for protecting vulnerable populations, combating climate change, and advancing human rights.

Key challenges highlighted include the lack of reliable electricity in health centers, which limits access to essential medical devices and services, as well as the use of polluting fuels leading to household air pollution and significant health impacts, including millions of premature deaths. The health sector itself accounts for 4.4% of global carbon emissions.

To address these issues, the coalition has identified six priority actions: prioritizing clean cooking and electricity access for health-care facilities; increasing public and private investments in electrification and clean energy solutions; providing resources for implementing tailored clean energy plans; developing customized policy and financing schemes; enhancing cross-sector collaboration; and promoting partnership and community engagement.

The coalition urges the international community at COP27 to accelerate efforts to ensure clean and sustainable energy access for health-care facilities and households, aiming to protect public health, mitigate climate change, and build climate resilience in health systems, ultimately saving millions of lives.

Key Call to Action Points:

• Accelerate clean and sustainable energy deployment in health-care and household settings.
• Leverage COP27 for synergized efforts to enhance health system resilience and climate mitigation.
• Ensure collaborations across sectors and stakeholders to unlock clean energy potential.

Signatories include various ministries, international organizations, and global champions, convened by the World Health Organization.