Living Health Systems

What if every financial decision made the world a healthier place?

  • Can there be an End to Greenwashing?

    This post was revised and edited on 1st July 2025. In April 2025, the German investment management company DWS was fined US$27 million for lying to its customers that it was a “leader” in environmental, social and governance investing [1]. Volkswagen has faced numerous fines and legal fees worldwide after installing software in its cars…

  • Who are Impact Investors?

    This post was revised and edited on 1st July 2025. Impact investing is “investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, social or environmental impact alongside a financial return” [1]. Intentional is important – it means impact doesn’t happen by accident. Impact investing was valued at US$1.571 trillion in 2023, managed by 3,907 organisations…

  • What is Private Climate Finance?

    This post was edited and revised on 1st July 2025. At COP29 in 2024, a new collective quantified goal on climate finance was acrimoniously concluded between government parties to the Paris Agreement. Developed-country parties such as the EU, USA and Japan agreed to raise “at least” US$300 billion every year to 2035 for climate action…

  • Does Debt based Climate Finance Support Health?

    This post was revised and edited on 1st July 2025. It has been said that there is little climate finance to support the transition to low-carbon nature positive and climate-resilient heath systems [1]. The health sector can fall through gaps in general climate financing, while climate falls through similar gaps in traditional healthcare financing. This…

  • Is Vietnam progressing towards Sustainable Resilient Healthcare?

    This post was revised and edited on 1st July 2025. The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 ranked Vietnam as the thirteenth country in the world most affected by climate variability and extreme weather events between 2000-2019 [1]. The country faces multiple challenges from rising sea levels, changing disease vectors, unpredictable weather patterns, growing population, and…

  • Can Vietnam pay for Sustainable Resilient Healthcare?

    This post was revised and edited on 1st July 2025. The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 ranked Vietnam as the thirteenth country in the world most affected by climate change and extreme weather events between 2000-2019 [1].   Sea level rise, drought, weather complexity, heat, diarrhoea, dengue fever, malaria, and respiratory diseases, increasing population, childhood…