Measuring What Matters: A Practical Framework to Integrate Health into Urban Climate Action
Effective and accountable climate action in cities requires monitoring systems that capture not only climate outcomes but also the health co-benefits of climate action. Integrating health-related indicators can provide a shared evidence base for assessing mitigation and adaptation efforts, strengthening the case for climate policies, supporting public and political engagement, and helping cities prioritise interventions with the greatest societal value. This policy brief presents a practical framework to guide cities in selecting, implementing, and using health-related indicators to inform and strengthen urban climate action.
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Monitoring is essential for effective and accountable climate action in cities. Integrating health or health-related indicators into climate monitoring systems helps make visible the co-benefits of climate actions. As cities increasingly pursue integrated climate strategies, health indicators can provide a common evidence base for monitoring the outcomes of both climate mitigation and adaptation actions.
By capturing both health outcomes and the pathways linking climate action to health, these indicators can strengthen the evidence base for climate policies, support public and political engagement, and help prioritise interventions that deliver the greatest societal value.
This policy brief presents a practical framework to help cities select, implement, and use health-related indicators to support urban climate action.