Climate and Health: The Social Innovation Landscape in Latin America and Asia-Pacific
Social innovators play a crucial role in addressing the intricate relationship between inclusive health, sustainable agriculture and climate change. Their efforts are essential in fostering partnerships and collaboration to develop ecologically sustainable, economically efficient and socially just environments. This insight report, exploring the social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in Latin America and Asia–Pacific, highlights opportunities for private-sector investment. It also describes how governments can support these efforts through policies and regulations that protect displaced and vulnerable populations.
Social innovators play a crucial role in addressing the intricate relationship between inclusive health, sustainable agriculture and climate change. Their efforts are essential in fostering partnerships and collaboration to develop ecologically sustainable, economically efficient and socially just environments. This insight report, exploring the social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in Latin America and Asia–Pacific, highlights opportunities for private-sector investment. It also describes how governments can support these efforts through policies and regulations that protect displaced and vulnerable populations.
Climate change poses significant challenges to food security, disrupts traditional agricultural practices and endangers vulnerable populations through extreme weather events, while harmful agricultural practices exacerbate global warming. The report outlines strategies and solutions driven by social innovation, detailing how social innovators can lead the shift towards climate-resilient practices in food and healthcare systems and explaining how collective action will make a difference.