Are you an expert in assessing the economic impacts of climate-related health outcomes?
Join us to help shape a future global indicator on the economics costs of climate-sensitive health impacts.
Economic costs and financial exposure of health systems to climate change indicator development
Climate change is placing growing financial pressure on health systems worldwide, and resulting in economic and financial pressures associated with the health impacts of growing climate hazards. However, tracking these economic and financial impacts annually, and at a global scale, remains a major challenge requiring expertise across economics, climate science, and health research.
To address this, the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is convening an exploratory workshop to examine progress, gaps, and opportunities for developing a global indicator on the financial implications and economic costs of climate-sensitive health outcomes. The workshop will bring together experts from different regions and disciplines to discuss possible approaches, challenges and priorities to advance indicators on the economic costs and financial implications associated with the health impacts of climate change.
Register now!
If you are an expert in this field and would like to contribute to this effort, please sign up through the links below to join us either on Monday 23 March at 21:00-22:30 GMT or Thursday 26 March 10:00-11:30 GMT. These workshops will follow an identical format, enabling participation across time zones.
We look forward to seeing you there!
- OPTION 1: 23 March 21:00-22:30 GMT
- OPTION 2: 26 March 10:00-11:30 GMT
What is a Lancet Countdown indicator?
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration, using indicators to provide an overview of the relationship between public health and climate change. The Lancet Countdown tracks the world’s response to climate change, and the health benefits that emerge from this transition.
Each year, a report is produced to provide sound scientific evidence in the field, coupled with policy engagement and strategic communication, which have become increasingly influential. The report comprises indicators spanning a range of disciplines and expertise. Each indicator in the Lancet Countdown’s assessment must:
- Track an aspect of the relationship between health and climate change, well evidenced in the literature and not adequately covered through other indicators in the report.
- Utilise data from a reliable source, available at adequate temporal and spatial scales to enable trends to be observed at a global level.
- Be updatable periodically, ideally annually or more regularly.
The 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown monitors progress across 57 indicators – from heat-related deaths to bank lending to fossil fuels – providing the most comprehensive assessment yet of the links between climate change and health.