24.06.2020

EXHAUSTION - stakeholder event Northern Europe

The EXHAUSTION team is inviting stakeholders to presentations and a roundtable discussion focusing on updates from research on air pollution and wildland fire emission projections, and state of the art from studies on temperature and health effects in short- and long-term.

EXHAUSTION’s ambition is to substantially advance the knowledge and develop new evidence regarding the links and correlated impacts between climate change, extreme heat, air pollution, and human health in Europe, specifically cardiopulmonary diseases, and the broader socio-economic consequences of these impacts.

The first part of the program is open for an external audience and will be focusing on updates from research on air pollution and wildland fire emission projections, and also give the state of the art from studies on temperature and health effects in short- and long-term. In the second part we will organize a roundtable, to provide an arena for exchange among lead researchers in the project and invited stakeholders. The aim of the dialogue is to get input on what type of knowledge is needed to develop tailored policy recommendations. The roundtable will also provide the opportunity to ask more detailed questions to the researchers on the different topics addressed in the project. 

Programme

13.30 – 14.40 Presentations by researchers. Q&A. 

 

  • EXHAUSTION – general introduction on the research challenges that are addressed (by project leader Kristin Aunan, CICERO Center for International Climate Research) 

 

  • The links between climate change and air pollution (by Ulas Im, Aarhus University). 

 

  • Projections of wildland fire emissions under different Shared socioeconomic pathways scenarios (by Mikahil Sofiev, Finnish Meteorological Institute).  

 

  • Current knowledge on short- and long-term health effects of ambient temperature with a focus on combined effects with air pollution (by Evi Samoli and Klea Katsouyanni, University of Athens). 

 

  • A novel approach to studying the heat-health link – the small area approach (by Matteo Scortichini, ASL Roma) 

 

 

14.40 – 15.25 Roundtable discussion with policymakers and public health authorities. Input, questions and recommendations to the consortium to advance the development of relevant policies. Summary and next steps.   

 

15.30 – 16.15 An update on the relevance for the COVID-19 situation by Professor Joel Schwartz, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston (MA), USA. Q&A.