Upcoming Events

Transformative change is built on strong networks and connections between diverse people. The CBA conference series aims to bring together a community of practitioners and other key stakeholders, collectively seeking to reimagine solutions that enable transformative outcomes through the agency, knowledge and skills of local communities.

The Sahel region is known for its vulnerability to extreme weather events. In anticipation of the 2024 heat season, which is expected to be extremely hot, it is crucial for meteorological agencies, public health services, and humanitarian actors to come together to understand, prepare for, these events to mitigate the potential impacts. To this end, the Anticipation Hub, with support from the Red Cross Climate Centre and the Agence Nationale de l’Aviation Civile et de la Meteorologie of Senegal (in its Regional Specialised Meteorological Center capacity) is hosting a series of three webinars on Sahelian heat waves on 23, 30 April and 07 May 2024.  

Objective

The primary objective of this series of webinars is to raise awareness of the particularity of the predicted extreme heat this year and provide a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing among meteorological agencies, public health services, disaster managers, researchers and humanitarian actors to enhance preparedness and response efforts.  

Key Themes

1. Extreme heat trends in the Sahel and outlook for the 2024 Heat Season: An overview of observed and projected trends in temperatures/heat waves in the Sahel region, insights from global climate drivers and forecasts for the April-June 2024 season. 2. Impacts on Public Health and relevant sectors: Review of the state of the research on the impacts of Sahelian extreme heat events, including health impacts on vulnerable populations, impacts on livelihood, water and energy. The availability and access of data across different sectors will be discussed. 3. Preparedness and Response Strategies: Best practices on extreme heat risk management in the Sahel and elsewhere, including early warning early action systems, heat wave action plans, and community outreach initiatives and the role of government and humanitarian organisations.  

Language

The sessions will be in French and English and livestream translation will be provided.

Please fill out the information in the form linked to show us your interest in participating in Heat Action Day on Sunday June 2nd, 2024. We will use this information to get in contact with you with details on how to plan for the Heat Action Day.

Discussions at WCS 2024 will centre around the theme “Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Rejuvenate, Reinvent, Reimagine”. How do we achieve smart, resilient and regenerative cities now and for future generations? Go to the Programmes section for a first look at our Conference Concept Note, and our Plenary sessions.

The What Works Climate Solutions Summit is a high-level conference for evidence-based climate policy that will take place June 9–12, 2024. It will promote and catalyze synthetic evidence on climate solutions for upcoming climate change assessments – particularly the IPCC’s 7th Assessment Report ─ as well as other forms of scientific policy advice.

SHARE is a free online conference co-hosted by the University of Brighton School of Sport and Health Sciences, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. There will be keynote talks, oral presentations and posters around this year's theme of:

Fast-tracking resilient and environmentally sustainable health systems

Students, academics, researchers, clinical and estates colleagues from any discipline interested in sustainable healthcare are welcome to attend.

The Extreme Heat Workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines to assess and advance the state of knowledge on the mechanisms of concurrent, compounding, and record-breaking heat extremes; to identify community needs; and to develop an interdisciplinary framework for evaluating their risks on sectors including public health, energy, and agriculture, with a cross-cutting focus on climate justice.   Register to attend and/or present. Early career researchers may apply for travel support. Early career researcher travel funds application: May 1, 2024 Abstract submission: May 15, 2024 Registration: June 15, 2024  

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The BeBrit project will culminate with a one-day Extreme Heat Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Event. The aim of the event is to share knowledge, practical innovations and experiences, developments in research and think together about future planning and preparedness for extreme heat.

The objective of the 18th edition is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions on our current state of knowledge of Mediterranean risks in a climate change context. Different aspects related to monitoring, assessment, diagnosis, prediction, and definition of weather extremes, wildfires, hydro-geological effects, impacts on natural resources, agriculture, health and society, as well as adaptation capacity and preservation strategies for natural and cultural heritage at risk, will be addressed with a multi-sectorial approach. This will be achieved by bringing together scientific experts in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, wildfires, geomorphology, sociology, engineering, cultural heritage conservation, and governmental or private risk management actors.