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Climate change and health

Climate change and health

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Start time

26 January 2021 15:00

End time

26 January 2021 16:30

Time zone

CET

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Adaptation to climate change-related health effects
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This webinar examined climate action for health, before looking at how we can use scientific evidence to integrate climate change and health into policy development.

In June 2020 the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors published a Scientific Opinion entitled ‘Adaptation to health effects of climate change in Europe’. This informed the implementation of the European Green Deal and highlights that climate change has consequences for human health. In particular, scientific evidence shows that the increase in heatwaves, infectious and vector borne diseases and extreme events like fires and floods are all having a detrimental effect on human health and need to be addressed urgently.

 

Michael Creek

Michael Creek

Moderator
Co-founder of Stickydot

Robin Fears

Speaker
Biosciences Programme Director, EASAC
George Griffin

George Griffin

Chair
Emeritus Professor at St George’s University of London
Andy Haines

Andy Haines

Speaker
Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Portrait of Carina Keskitalo

Carina Keskitalo

Speaker
Former Member of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

Peter Löffler

Speaker
Policy Officer, DG CLIMA
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