The health system in the State of Palestine (SoP) experiences chronic fragmentation in the context of ongoing occupation; donor dependency; chronic shortages; barriers to access; and the impact of successive escalations placing focus on critical humanitarian response over longer-term development.  

The health sector in SoP will be severely impacted by the effects of climate change. Climate change is expected to have a range of impacts in SoP, such as increasing temperatures, floods, changing rainfall patterns, increasing sand and dust storms, and other extreme weather events.

The primary goal of this proposal is, therefore, to establish the foundation for building a climate-resilient/responsive, sensitive, and environmentally sustainable health system in Palestine.

The primary beneficiaries of this readiness proposal include the National Designated Authority of SoP for GCF, Ministry of Health (MoH), Environment Quality Authority (EQA), Health-determining sectors, health workforce, communities and vulnerable populations.