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Connecting Climate Minds Global Event

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Barbados & Online

Connecting Climate Minds

Mar 19, 2024 - Mar 21, 2024

On 19-21 March 2024, Connecting Climate Minds stakeholders will come together in person in Barbados to finalise the Global Research and Action Agenda. We will also celebrate the communities that have been built and the past year’s tremendous work by the Regional Community Convenors, Lived Experience Working Group, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Imperial’s Climate Cares Centre.
All are invited to join the event virtually to learn about the project outcomes, listen to presentations from our regional communities, youth, smallholder farmers/fisher people and indigenous communities on their findings, and connect with others joining the global climate change and mental health community.

Extreme heat: processes, impacts, physiological responses and adaptation

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Vienna & Online

European Geosciences

Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 19, 2024

Heat extremes are already one of the deadliest meteorological events and they are projected to increase in intensity and frequency due to rising CO2 emissions. Also, vulnerability and exposure of the events are likely to change, yet have to be assessed at a very local scale. The resulting risks of extreme heat events to society may increase dramatically with large regional differences, and society will need to adapt locally if the worst impacts are to be avoided. This session therefore welcomes a broad range of new research addressing the challenge of extreme heat and its impacts, with studies focusing on the Global South particularly welcome. Suitable contributions may: (i) assess definitions, the drivers and underlying processes of extreme heat in observations and/or models; (ii) explore the diverse socio-economic impacts of extreme heat events including vulnerability and exposure for example, on aspects relating to human health, economic productivity, or biodiversity; (iii) address forecasting and monitoring of extreme heat at seasonal to sub-seasonal time scales; (iv) focus on societal adaptation to extreme heat, including the implementation of anticipatory action, heat-health early warning systems, and effective heat adaptation and management solutions; (v) introduce transdisciplinary research frameworks to assess societal relevant heat extremes and their impacts.

EGU General Assembly 2024

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Vienna & Online

European Geosciences Union

Apr 14, 2024 - Jan 19, 2024

The EGU General Assembly 2024 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.

United States National Integrated Heat Health Information System

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Online

National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS)

Apr 16, 2024 - Apr 18, 2024

The 3rd annual NIHHIS National meeting aims to bring together multiple stakeholders (federal agencies, state and local government, private and public partners, community leaders) to discuss heat and health with the goal of reducing risk on multiple timescales and geographic scales. This meeting is focused on engaging communities and developing a shared vision for community heat resilience. The three themes of the meeting include: Defining the Problem of Heat; Personal Exposure to Heat; and Community Action and Response to Heat.

Health & Equity in Action-Climate Solutions Summit

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Rochester, NY

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Apr 19, 2024 - Apr 20, 2024

Advancing health and equity in the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region.

Discover how climate solutions aren’t just a necessity but an opportunity to create a healthier, more equitable future for the Genesee-Finger Lakes region.

  • How does climate change impact our health today, and what are the projected implications for the future? How can community resilience address these challenges?
  • What is the relationship between climate change and social determinants of health?
  • What role does the healthcare industry play in alleviating the impacts of climate change on public health?
  • How can equitable climate solutions improve health outcomes and quality of life for local residents?

Climate Change, Planetary Health, and Medicine

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Online

Harvard Medical School

May 2, 2024 - May 3, 2024

Climate change is a threat to the patients we care for in health care. This course will be an opportunity for practicing health professionals to learn about the mechanisms by which climate change impacts human health and how it influences diagnosis, counseling and treatment plans. It will additionally describe the impacts of climate changes on the health care delivery system itself and how health care professionals can make change to address this public health threat. The course will be organized to touch upon climate impacts on a diversity of health conditions and disease processes and will be valuable to health care providers of all fields.

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Pre-announcement: upcoming funding opportunity on climate change and health

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Online

IDRC-CRDI

Mar 15, 2024

IDRC is providing preliminary information on this funding opportunity to allow applicants time to prepare their applications. The funding opportunity will be launched on February 19, 2024. Through the anticipated call, up to five institutions will be funded to establish regional hubs in the Global South. These hubs will initiate and manage research sub-grants in West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa.

Virtual Q&A webinar for IDRC funding applications for Regional hubs for climate change and health

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Online

IDRC | CRDI

Mar 7, 2024

A virtual Q&A webinar will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 8:00-9:30 a.m. EST/3:00-4:30 p.m. CAT in English with simultaneous French interpretation. For webinar registration assistance, please email globalhealth@idrc.ca. For all other inquiries related to this funding opportunity, please email health-CLIMAT-sante@idrc.ca.

2024 Connecticut Symposium on Climate Change and Health: Preparing for a healthy Connecticut in the face of climate change

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Online

Yale Center on Climate Change and Health & Connecticut Department of Public Health

Mar 6, 2024

Climate change poses an urgent challenge and opportunity for public health preparedness in Connecticut and around the world. Faced with growing climate-related health risks from heat, extreme events, vector-borne diseases, and air pollution, Connecticut is taking action to ensure all residents are safe, healthy, and resilient in a changing climate. Join the inaugural Connecticut Symposium on Climate Change and Health to learn about the health impacts of climate change in Connecticut and how the state is rising to the challenge through evidence-based initiatives, strategic partnerships, and multisectoral collaboration – and how you can get involved. Presenters will include representatives of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and interact with the presenters. The agenda will be posted here by late February.

Webinar on Homelessness and Heat: NIHHIS Overlooked and Overburdened Series

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Online

NIHHIS

Feb 29, 2024

On February 29th, the National Integrated Health Information System (NIHHIS) will continue its Overlooked and Overburdened Webinar Series, which focuses on populations that are disproportionately at risk of heat illness or death but often overlooked in treatment and resilience strategies. Each session provides a deep background level of understanding on the group and what mechanisms contribute to their heightened risk, as well as solutions to address those mechanisms.

 

This session of the series will focus on extreme heat and homelessness. Speakers from federal agencies, city groups, and community organizations will discuss topics such as the current state of homelessness in the U.S., reasons people experiencing homelessness are at risk of heat-related illness and death, and strategies communities have used to better support this population during heat events. There will be time for Q&A, and resources will be shared to help address heat risk in these groups.

 

The event will take place on Thursday, 2/29 from 3:00-4:30 pm EST. An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter will be available for translation throughout the webinar.

The links between climate change and mental health: What do we know and what needs to be done about it?

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Grantham Boardroom, The Grantham Institute

Imperial College of London

Feb 29, 2024

Join us on 29 February at 12pm, at the Grantham Institute Boardroom, South Kensington (see Grantham Institute map) or online, as part of Sustainability Fortnight, to hear from our Climate Cares panellists and to discuss the mental health impacts of the climate crisis and the solutions that can create a world better for our climate and our minds. 

 

UNEA-6 – The Urban Environment: Cooling Cities and Buildings

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Nairobi, Kenya

UNEP Cities Unit, Cool Coalition, Global ABC & Generation Restoration

Feb 27, 2024

Cities are experiencing extreme temperature increases at twice the global average rate due to the climate change exacerbated by the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE). Over 800 million urban residents globally are at high risk of adverse health effects, some of losing their lives due to a lack of access to sustainable solutions to keep buildings and neighbourhoods cool and adequate for living. Ensuring cool indoor and outdoor environment is therefore indispensable to healthy urban life. However, high and increasing energy consumption for space cooling leads to higher GHG emissions. To address this, passive cooling - a practice of using non-mechanical technology, design elements, and nature-based solutions to keep buildings and cities cool without using energy - is a fundamental solution.