SDG: 6.a By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacitybuilding support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.a Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
Recognising the importance of building health sector resilience to climate change, and implementation of mitigation measures, the Ministry of Health has developed several policies and guidelines to facilitate the changes required. This includes and are not limited to the green climate smart hospital policy to national healthcare waste management policies, in order to achieve the SDGs through establishment of climate resilient health infrastructure in the Maldives.
At present the carbon footprint of the health sector is unknown and less than adequate measures have been laid out in addressing carbon reduction efforts within the sector.
Therefore, the Ministry intends to introduce sustainable measures to establish health infrastructure that is more in line with green climate strategies, which would in turn result in significant savings to the recurrent costs of the Government.
This project therefore seeks assistance in the following areas.
For both projects, the Government prioritises implementation focus in three key areas out of the ten focus areas, mainly, to reduce carbon footprint in healthcare facilities, reduce toxic chemical emissions through safe management of healthcare waste, and ensure availability of safe water in the healthcare facilities.
1. Ministry of Health
2. Health Protection Agency
3. Ministry of National Planning and Infrastructure
4. Ministry of Environment
5. Local/City Councils