Building Economic Resilience to the Health Impacts of Climate Change 2025

1.4 Economic sectors of focus for this report This report applies the Climate and Health Business framework to four heavily affected economic sectors. Figure 3 depicts the initial analysis determining the extent to which individual sectors are affected by climate-health risks and opportunities for building resilience. Food and agriculture, the built environment, health and healthcare, and insurance stand out as having especially high risks and opportunities, presenting a strong business case for adaptation and resilience strategies (Figure 4). For each of these four sectors, this report identifies specific health impacts, economic impacts and priority interventions to guide action. Climate-health impacts on economic sectors FIGURE 3 Sector Risk to sector Opportunity for sector1 Food and agriculture Built environment Insurance Health and healthcare Supply chain and transport Retail and consumer goods (excluding grocery) Banking and capital markets Energy Manufacturing Mining and metals Travel and tourism Media, communications and technology Automotive, aviation and aerospace Chemical and advanced materials Low High Note: 1. Opportunity for a sector refers to its potential to generate economic value while contributing to meeting a social need. Building Economic Resilience to the Health Impacts of Climate Change 10