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Key findings from TGLF's new climate change and health insights report

📄 New insights report: Health workers are leading community responses to climate change impacts on health https://redasadki.me/2026/05/26/new-insights-report-health-workers-are-leading-community-responses-to-climate-change-impacts-on-health/ 📄 Climate change and health: 8 take-aways from community-based responses https://redasadki.me/2026/05/26/climate-change-and-health-8-take-aways-from-community-based-responses/ 📄 Climate change and health: 14 recommendations for health workers, national planners, and global partners https://redasadki.me/2026/05/26/climate-change-and-health-14-recommendations-for-health-workers-national-planners-and-global-partners/ --- Health workers across 60+ countries are already responding to climate change impacts on their communities. This new insights report shares what frontline staff and humanitarian workers are actually doing to protect health when extreme weather strikes—often before any outside help arrives. The real solutions are being tested in the field right now, but they need recognition and support from planners and global partners. • Climate change is making diseases like malaria, cholera, and malnutrition worse and hitting communities harder • Local health workers and volunteers are the first responders, sometimes using improvised tools like canoes, drones, and WhatsApp to reach patients • Communities are already investing their own money through savings groups and solidarity funds—resources that health systems don't officially count • Trust, cost, and integrated planning are what actually determine who survives a climate disaster • Five concrete actions for frontline workers, managers, and global partners to strengthen health system resilience The report is based on thousands of experiences shared by health and humanitarian staff. It shows what's possible when communities lead—and makes the case that global funding must follow where the real work is already happening.