This week CICERO researchers working on #climatechange & #health had interesting & inspiring days taking part in the #EUClimateAndHealth conference in Brussels. The aim of the conference was to highlight state of the art & knowledge needs as input to the European Commission roadmap for a #research agenda on climate change & health. A key message from the conference was that more inter- and transdisciplinary research is needed. It was therefore interesting to learn that we were among only few #climatescientists present at the conference, the majority of participants coming from health.
At the conference Kristin Aunan had a plenary presentation on the interlinkages between ambient #heat & #airpollution and associated health risks showcasing results from EXHAUSTION. See more in the White Paper from the project.
Sourangsu Chowdhury presented a poster on the impacts of #fires on human health in Europe together with Mikhail Sofiev from the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Iulia Marginean presented her research & new tools for quantifying vulnerability to #heatstress in cities with a case study from #Madrid from the EmCliC project.
Both ENBEL & EXHAUSTION participated actively in the conference with project members presenting research & outcomes from the projects and engaging in discussions. Our many films were also showcased and other projects in our network were also presenting.
Antonio Gasparrini & Pierre Masselot from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London presented research from EXHAUSTION on changes in heat and cold-related mortality in Europe under climate change in a parallel session and with a poster.
Sari Kovats London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London shared insights from ENBEL work on stakeholder mapping in Europe and Africa highlighting e.g. that health is missing in #adaptation, the need for breaking down silos & evaluation of what works. See all ENBEL knowledge products: ENBEL Knowledge Portal — Knowledge on health impacts of climate change (enbel-knowledge.eu)
Tilly Alcayna Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre highlighted the urgent need to ensure investment in #adaptationfinance targeting health.
ENBEL also had two posters presenting results from research synthesis on adaptation interventions & #infectiousdisease surveillance + analysis of #adaptation in East & Southern Africa.
Miriam Stackpole Dahl moderated the panel on #extremeevents & physical & #mentalhealth.
We thank everyone for great contributions!
On the current event website, you can find the full conference agenda, speaker biographies and the book of abstracts containing a summary of all the posters presented: https://europa.eu/!FW3xjm
Recordings and session timestamps:
[Day 1]
High-level opening session
Link: https://europa.eu/!cdqrnq / Timestamp: Start until 14:39:42
Plenary session 1 (Climate change and how it impacts non-communicable and infectious diseases)
Link: https://europa.eu/!cdqrnq / Timestamp: 14:39:43 until 15:42:53
Parallel session 1 (The role of heat stress in non-communicable diseases)
Link: https://europa.eu/!vtNyF9 / Timestamp: Start until 16:59:20
Parallel session 2 (Climate change and infectious diseases)
Link: https://europa.eu/!cdqrnq / Timestamp: 16:04:22 until 16:59:42
Parallel session 3 (Extreme weather events and physical and mental health)
Link: https://europa.eu/!Qyhhmr / Timestamp: Start until 16:59:24
Plenary session 2 (Interplay between climate change and other environmental drivers on health-related outcomes)
Link: https://europa.eu/!cdqrnq / Timestamp: 17:08:48 until 18:18:49
Parallel session 4 (Health and sustainable nutrition in a climate change scenario)
Link: https://europa.eu/!vtNyF9 / Timestamp: 18:25:11 until End
Parallel session 5 (Water-related health risks from climate change)
Link: https://europa.eu/!Qyhhmr / Timestamp: 18:25:52 until End
Parallel session 6 (Combined effects of pollution, climate change and biodiversity on human health)
Link: https://europa.eu/!cdqrnq / Timestamp: 18:27:50 until End
[Day 2]
Day 2 opening session
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: Start until 10:01:30
Plenary session 3 (Adaptation and mitigation of healthcare systems to climate change: two sides of the
same coin)
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: 10:01:30 until 11:03:52
Parallel session 7 (Mitigation from healthcare sector)
Link: https://europa.eu/!qCP3fC / Timestamp: Start until 12:23:25
Parallel session 8 (Adaptation strategies: focus on human health)
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: 11:28:48 until 12:26:56
Parallel session 9 (Implementation science: translating research into action)
Link: https://europa.eu/!3tRcv9 / Timestamp: Start until 12:32:07
Plenary session 4 (Global perspectives on climate change and health research)
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: 12:30:58 until 13:30:00
Parallel session 10 (Thinking differently, doing differently: a climate and health research agenda that meets the challenges of climate change)
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: 14:22:44 until 15:21:24
Parallel session 11 (Challenges in Low Income Countries)
Link: https://europa.eu/!qCP3fC / Timestamp: 14:19:05 until End
Parallel session 12 (Models, tools and technologies supporting decision-making on climate change and health)
Link: https://europa.eu/!3tRcv9 / Timestamp: 14:19:00 until End
Young Scientists’ Forum
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: 15:23:24 until 16:26:02
Closing session
Link: https://europa.eu/!XNJy4k / Timestamp: 16:27:15 until End
