Side-event at COP28
When: 2 December 2023
Time: 16.45 - 18.15 GST (local time in Dubai)
Room SE6, Blue Zone, COP28, Building 85 in Zone B6, look for door which says «Side events 6».
Watch the full side-event here:
Climate change is having an increasingly negative impact on many aspects of human health. Recent research also shows that there is an interactive effect between heatwaves and air pollution, again with negative health consequences. Taking action on climate change can improve public health, but this requires systems-based studies and multi-sectoral collaboration to develop and implement policies.
This session will highlight co-benefits of action on climate for health and resilience. Global South and North experts will share how adaptation and mitigation policies can benefit society, including vulnerable groups.
Overall agenda:
Welcome by moderators Sameh Soror, Egypt and Kristie Ebi, University of Washington
Introduction and overview of the projects, Robin Fears, InterAcademy Partnership
Kristin Aunan, Research Director, CICERO Center for International Climate Research
Global warming is hitting Europe – projected health burden from heat stress and interaction with air pollution
Jo-Ting Huang-Lachmann and Keriin Katsaros, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Case study presentation by Victoria Pratt, Invisible Flock, Land Body Ecologies, United Kingdom
Case study presentation by Claudia Canales, Chief Executive, The Kirkhouse Trust SCIO, Oxfordshire, UK
Case study video presentation from Ghana
Climate change and women’s health - a case study from Kenya by Caroline Muthoni, Aga Khan University and CHANCE network
Q&A related to presentations (moderated by Kristie Ebi and Sameh Soror)
Panel discussion
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, European Respiratory Society
Jo-Ting Huang-Lachmann and/or Keriin Katsaros, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (online)
Vincent Pagiwa, University of Botswana and CHANCE network
Public health perspective by Shilpa Rao, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Montira Pongsiri, Save the Children
Closing remarks: Kristie Ebi, Sameh Soror, Robin Fears
