Project spotlight | Approved – FP305 – Building the resilience of Togo’s national health system and vulnerable communities to climate-sensitive health outcomes

By Rachelle Sapphire Laplante   We caught up with Consultant Rachelle Sapphire Laplante to discuss the project: FP305 | Building the Resilience of Togo’s National Health System and Vulnerable Communities to Climate-Sensitive Health Outcomes. The project was one of three proposals the E Co. team supported to approval at the 45th Green Climate Fund (GCF) […]

Project spotlight | Approved – SAP055 – Strengthening the Health Resilience of Communities Vulnerable to Climate Change in Benin’s ABD (Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo) Zone

We spoke to Senior consultant, Anne Gander who worked on the project: SAP055 | Strengthening the Health Resilience of Communities Vulnerable to Climate Change in Benin’s ABD (Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo) Zone. This project was one of three approved GCF projects the E Co. team worked on at the recent 43rd Meeting of the GCF […]

Blog | Human & social development: Placing just transition, health, jobs, and equity at the centre

By Victoria Verdesoto Phothirath and Florentia Loizides   Brazil’s COP30 Presidency has designed an Action Agenda to mobilise all actors (beyond governments), and align outcomes across six thematic axes including energy, nature, food systems, resilience, and human and social development. The latter axis spotlights resilient health systems, equitable access to jobs and education, the eradication […]

Blog | Managing heat wave disaster risks: Strategies to mitigate a warming world

By Ari Rakatama   Today, heat waves have transitioned from occasional events to persistent and intensified threats that endanger lives, economies, and ecosystems. Heat waves, characterised by extended periods of excessively high temperatures, often exacerbated by humidity, are particularly hazardous in urban environments due to the ‘urban heat island’ effect. Here, concrete buildings, asphalt roads, […]