Healthy NDC Scorecard 2026: “High emitters have a responsibility to reduce their emissions fastest”

Global major emitters’ climate plans acknowledge health but fall short of the emissions cuts needed to protect it, according to the 2026 Healthy NDC Scorecard, published on 14 October by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA). Colombia ranks first, ahead of Nigeria and Cambodia.

The scorecard rates 117 plans (132 countries) out of 32 across eight categories (mean: 11.8).
Low- and middle-income countries take 19 of the top 20 scores. “The human face of climate change has never been more obvious,” said research lead Dr Nova Tebbe.

The GCHA finds no link between a plan’s attention to health and its climate ambition. The data even suggest the reverse: among 17 plans also rated by Climate Action Tracker, those judged insufficient average 8.3, highly insufficient 9.8 and critically…