Upcoming Events
Heat Health Community of Practice
Online
Health Canada
Nov 21, 2024
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in a virtual webinar of the Canadian Heat Health Community of Practice (HCoP) on Thursday, November 21st, 2024, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT.
During this webinar, we’ll hear about heat-health impacts during the summer of 2024 as well as learn how the 2021 Heat Dome in western Canada impacted the health of people with schizophrenia.
Health Canada’s HCoP is a forum for public health professionals across Canada to learn and share best practices in protecting the health of Canadians from extreme heat events. We host several webinars annually with speakers from varying disciplines presenting on topics relevant to keeping Canadians safe during heat events.
Greater Sydney Heat Smart City Plan
Sydney, Australia
Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) & Urban Transformations Research Centre (UTRC)
Dec 5, 2024
Join us to celebrate the Greater Sydney Heat Smart City Plan. Hear directly from government, industry, community and research-sector leaders who developed the Plan together, to drive positive action across our city.
This is not your standard launch event. The Plan has been co-designed by diverse Taskforce members who are serious about solving problems and taking tangible actions together. This symposium is a chance to understand the work so far and work with us on the next important steps.
1st GHHIN Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum
Singapore
Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub
Jan 7, 2025 - Jan 10, 2025
The First Global Heat Health Information Network Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum will take place on 7-10 January 2025 in Singapore, under the theme of ‘“Toward a heat resilient Southeast Asia: Enhancing livelihoods and wellbeing.”
The Forum, with support from Wellcome, will serve as a pivotal platform for enhancing Southeast Asia’s regional capacity, fostering partnerships, and promoting evidence-based policies to manage extreme heat risks effectively in the region. Focusing on Southeast Asia, this invitation-only event will focus on areas of urban heat, heat at work, and community, cultural & traditional perspectives. The Forum will address:- Heat exposure from multi-sectoral perspectives
- Impacts of heat on people, health, and livelihoods
- Strategies and solutions to mitigate heat risk
- Key enablers for effective heat risk management
About the Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub:
The Southeast Asia Heat Health Hub (SEA HHH) is a regional hub of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN), anchored at the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) at the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The mission of SEA HHH is to advance partnership, collaboration, and advocacy within Southeast Asia to protect and prepare for the impacts of heat on human health and well-being.
EGU General Assembly 2025
Vienna, Austria
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Apr 27, 2025 - May 2, 2025
The EGU General Assembly 2025 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.
Past Events
Beat the Heat: Connecting Global and Local to Scale-up Action for Heatwave Resilience
Baku, Azerbaijan
UNDP at COP29’s IOM Climate Change and Human Mobility Pavilion Programme
Nov 20, 2024
In line with the 2023 Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which states that “increasing adaptive capacity minimizes risk associated with involuntary migration and immobility and improves the degree of choice under which migration decisions are made”, IOM works on human mobility in the context of climate change through policy and programmatic action at international, regional, national and local levels and towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
COP29 Health Pavilion: Extreme Heat Regional Round Table
Baku, Azerbaijan
World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 18, 2024
Join the regional round table hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) on extreme heat at the COP29 Health Pavilion . The Pavilion will be located in the Blue Zone of the Baku Stadium. All in-person participants have to secure their badges to enter the Blue Zone by being part of their national delegation or any other official delegation.
Gender-Responsive Heat Actions for Cities: High Level Event
Baku & online
Asian Development Bank & Atlantic Council
Nov 15, 2024
This session will spotlight the intersection of gender and urban heat resilience, focusing on cities at the forefront of innovative, gender-responsive approaches to combat rising heatwaves. As urban areas face increasing heat risks, women, children, marginalized communities, and the urban poor are disproportionately affected. By incorporating gender-sensitive frameworks into urban heat response strategies, cities can drive both climate resilience and social equity.
Heat Stress: Protecting Workers and Increasing Resilience
Baku & Online
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Nov 14, 2024
Heat has always been a risk to workers, but climate change is exacerbating the threat to worker safety, health, and well-being worldwide. A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work, but many are excluded from protections or cannot negotiate for safer conditions. A worker-centered just transition includes advancing domestic action and global cooperation to protect the more than 2.4 billion workers worldwide exposed to heat stress.
COP29 Health Pavilion: Demonstrating action on extreme heat
Baku, Azerbaijan
Swiss Re
Nov 14, 2024
Join this event on Extreme Heat that will be part of the COP29 Health Pavilion . The Pavilion will be located in the Blue Zone of the Baku Stadium. All in-person participants have to secure their badges to enter the Blue Zone by being part of their national delegation or any other official delegation.