WRI WEBINAR: Saving Lives in a Warming World: Investing in Climate Services for Health
05.05.2026
From heat stress and outbreaks of climate-sensitive diseases to infrastructure disruptions and emergency response failures, climate change is intensifying health risks around the world.
This event will build on new WRI research that makes the case for governments and communities to better anticipate and prepare for climate-related health risks before they escalate — through early warning systems, disease surveillance, public awareness campaigns, workforce development, climate-sensitive planning, and more resilient health facilities. These proactive measures, collectively known as climate services for health, are powerful yet underfunded tools for reducing climate-related sickness and death.
Speakers
- Greg Kuzmak, Director, Health Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation
- Joy Shumake-Guillemot, Chief of the WHO/WMO Joint Climate and Health Office
- Ousmane Ndiaye, Director General, African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
- Nanny Santana Leal de Figueiredo, Technical International Affairs Advisor, Ministry of Health, Brazil
- Madeleine Thomson, Head of Climate Impacts, Wellcome Trust
- Amir Jina, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
- Carter Brandon, Lead Author and Senior Fellow, WRI
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