2023 State of Climate Services for Health: Main findings and way forward

This hybrid event will build upon the key findings of the 2023 State of Climate Services for Health report and discuss how to advance climate services to address climate and health challenges. The panel will discuss ideas for how to effect the transformational change in institutional development and multisectoral integration, which is necessary to protect health from climate change, variability and extreme weather events through the use of climate science and services.  

Programme

Welcome – Prof. Chris Hewitt, Director, Climate Services Branch, WMO

Opening remarks 

• Dr. Sarah Kapnick, Chief Scientist, NOAA 
• Dr. Ailan Li Assistant Director General, Healthier Populations, World Health Organization (WHO) (TBC) 

Overview of State of Climate Services for Health Report: Key findings – Dr. Joy Shumake-Guillemot, Lead of the WHO-WMO Joint Office for Climate and Health 

Report videos 

Panel discussion and Q&A – Moderation: Prof. Chris Hewitt, Director, Climate Services Branch, WMO

• Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Climate Change and Health Unit Lead, World Health Organization (WHO) 
• Dr. Alice Bell, Head of Policy, Climate and Health Wellcome Trust 
• Dr. John Balbus, Director, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, US Department of Health and Human Services
• Prof. Dr. Detlef Stammer, Chair, World Climate Research Programme
• Mahamat Abakar Assouyouti, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Adaptation Fund