The escalating impacts of climate change on health-determining sectors such as agriculture, food security, energy, disaster risk, and broader social structures require urgent, multi-sectoral approaches. The evolving climate and health policy landscape now advocates for placing health at the centre of climate change decisions, informing integrated National Health Resilience and
National Adaptation Plans. Despite this shift, collaborations between researchers, policymakers, and implementation partners remain underdeveloped, especially in Africa, where only 0.5% of multilateral climate adaptation funds are allocated to the health sector (Turner et al., 2024). Funded by Wellcome, this study aims to enhance the understanding of how Communities of Practice (CoPs) can facilitate the integration of health considerations into climate change policies.
The study began with a scoping review of policy and academic documents, databases, consultative webinars (n=411), and an online survey (n=198) to understand the landscape of climate and health (C&H) research, policy, capacity building, and stakeholders. Building on this analysis, regional focus group discussions (n=123) and key informant interviews (n=25) were conducted to identify models of collaboration and case studies that could be scaled up to strengthen transdisciplinary (TDR) C&H research and action.