Healthcare in a Changing Climate 2025

Critical actions to overcome roadblocks to investment in climate and health innovation FIGURE 4 Source: World Economic Forum and Oliver Wyman analysis.Uncertain market demand and ROIMany climate-driven diseases impact areas with limited healthcar e budgets, leading to uncertainty about commer cial viability and ROI, even as these diseases ar e expected to rise in developed countries.Create innovative funding and business models to unlock R&D investments in climate and health ar eas. Fragmented policies and incentivesVaried r egulatory , financial and tax incentives acr oss r egions limit scalability . This fragmentation makes it difficult for the life sciences sector to develop cohesive, cr oss-bor der strategies for climate and health innovation.Advocate for harmonized global policies and incentives to pr omote climate and health investments. Complexity of climate- health data integrationThe life sciences sector's ability to forecast disease patter ns and design effective climate and health solutions is hinder ed by data infrastructur e gaps that make it har d to connect climate variables with patient health data.Invest in climate-health data platforms to pr edict disease patter ns and outcomes. Lack of collaboration between climate and health sectorsThe life sciences sector often works in isolation fr om climate and envir onmental scientists, r esulting in missed opportunities for cr oss-sector innovations addr essing health and envir onmental issues.Foster cr oss-sector collaborations to drive holistic climate and health innovation. Cultural r esistance to new climate focusThe life sciences sector often faces internal resistance to r edirecting resour ces fr om traditional high-r evenue therapeutic ar eas to climate-sensitive diseases. This r esistance slows the adoption of climate-health strategies.Align company climate and health through leadership commitment and awar eness pr ogrammes. Low public and political awar enessWhile climate change’ s impact on health is becoming mor e understood, public and political awar eness r emains relatively low , weakening advocacy efforts and delaying policy change.Drive public campaigns and media engagement to elevate climate-health awar eness.Roadblocks encounter ed Description and rationale Critical actions Healthcare in a Changing Climate: Investing in Resilient Solutions 23