This panel brings together leading researchers to explore how health economics can inform policy design in the context of the climate crisis. Rather than proposing new evaluative paradigms, the discussion will focus on how established methods can be applied—adapted where necessary—to assess the health impacts of climate action and mitigation strategies, while also distinguishing these from efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of the health sector itself.
The panel aims to provoke a timely discussion on the role of health economics in policy, identifying where methodological clarity is needed, and how economic tools can better support just, sustainable, and evidence-based decision-making across sectors.
Speakers and presentations
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
Professor of Health Economics, Bangor University
Transdisciplinary Health Economics for 2050: The Challenge of Preventing the Adverse Health Effects of Obesity, Inequalities, and Climate Change
Rachael Morton
Director of Health Economics, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
The Environmental Impact of Health Technologies: Using Process-Based Life Cycle Assessment to Measure Carbon Emissions
Andrew Briggs
Professor of Health Economics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Harmonizing Methods Across Health and Environmental Economic Evaluations
Mireia Jofre-Bonet
Head of Research, Office of Health Economics
Chair