The Health Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Chalmers University of Technology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm Trio and Umeå University, organizes a symposium on the topic of climate and health. The open symposium will bring together experts from different fields relevant for understanding the interactions, challenges and co-benefits related to climate and health. The aim of the symposium is to summarize the state of the science, stimulate discussion, and relate to relevant ongoing and future policy processes. The symposium will be held in English. The event builds towards a follow-up workshop focusing on best practices, policies and solutions, to be organized in 2024.
Programme
09:00-09:30
Registration and coffee
09:30-10:00
PLENARY I: OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION TO THE DAY
Prof. Maria Nilsson (UmU) and Prof. Ilona Riipinen (SU)
10:00-11:00
SESSION 1: TEMPERATURE
Moderators: Prof. Bertil Forsberg (UmU) and Dr. Christofer Åström (UmU)
A warming world
Prof. Markku Rummukainen (Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, LU and SMHI, Sweden’s Focal Point for the IPCC)
Changes in temperature and health impacts
Dr. Jan Semenza (UmU and University of Heidelberg)
Discussion
11:00-12:00
SESSION 2: AIR
Moderators: Prof. Ilona Riipinen (SU), Prof. Tobias Alfven (KI) and Dr. Sarah Steimer (SU)
The link between future air quality scenarios and climate
Prof. Annica Ekman (SU)
Air quality, climate change and health effects across the life-course
Prof. Erik Melén (KI)
Discussion
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:00
SESSION 3: WATER
Moderators: Prof. Berit Arheimer (SMHI) and PhD-student/M.D. Daniel Helldén (KI)
Sweden and global climate policies
Mattias Frumerie (Climate Ambassador and Head of Delegation to UNFCCC at Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise)
Water and health in a future climate
Prof. Berit Arheimer (SMHI)
Hydrological forecasting to save lives and reduce hunger
Dr. Jafet Andersson (SMHI)
Water, sanitation and hygiene: Missing from the global climate agenda?
Dr. Sarah Dickin (UU)
14:00-15:00
SESSION 4: FOOD
Moderators: Prof. Anne-Marie Hermansson and Prof. Rikard Landberg (Chalmers University of Technology)
Introduction: Food security and nutrition in the world
Prof. Anne-Marie Hermansson (Chalmers University of Technology)
Dietary health and environmental impact – current status and future possibilities
Assoc. Prof. (docent) Elinor Hallström (RISE/GU)
Implications of a healthy and sustainable diet in a Nordic Context
Prof. Rikard Landberg (Chalmers University of Technology)
Discussion
15:00-15:30
Coffee
15:30-16:15
PLENARY II: CLIMATE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION AND THEIR BENEFITS ON HEALTH
Health (co-) benefits of climate change mitigation
Prof. Andrew Haines (Prof. of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Health). Digital lecture
The benefits of integrated climate-health planning: lessons from the EU and Sub-Saharan Africa
Dr. Francesco Fuso-Nerini (Director of the KTH Climate Action Centre)
16:15-16:30
SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
Prof. Maria Nilsson (UmU) and Prof. Ilona Riipinen (SU)
Registration and fee
The event is free of charge and open to the public but registration is required. The symposium will also be live-streamed, on this wepbage and on www.kva.se. Please note that registration is only required for participation in person.
Organisation committee
Peter Friberg (GU), Anne-Marie Hermansson (Chalmers), Maria Nilsson UmU), Ilona Riipinen (SU), and Annika Tibell (KS)
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