Belém, Brazil — A major philanthropic push is giving new momentum to climate-health action at the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP30, where 35 global funders have announced a $300 million commitment to accelerate solutions at this critical intersection.
Climate and health experts have long cautioned that global warming is already harming people’s health. Across much of the global south, rising heat and humidity are triggering dangerous — and sometimes deadly — health emergencies. The COP30 agenda now calls on countries to join the Mutirão for Climate, a collective effort meant to scale up real-world solutions.
This growing recognition of public health crises caused by climate change, which puts at least 3.3 billion people around the world at risk, was underscored by the new philanthropic pledge. On the sidelines of COP30, the funders launched the Climate and Health Funders Coalition, committing $300 million “for integrated action to tackle both the causes of climate change and its consequences for health — accelerating solutions where they are needed most.”