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Forecasting Healthy Futures Hosts Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan Ahead of COP29, Elevating Health on the Climate Agenda
This week, amidst growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on human health and ahead of COP29, Forecasting Healthy Futures hosted its 2nd annual Global Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Forecasting Healthy Futures Hosts Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan Ahead of COP29, Elevating Health on the Climate Agenda
This week, amidst growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on human health and ahead of COP29, Forecasting Healthy Futures hosted its 2nd annual Global Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
IMACS Network Member Launches Ghana Malaria Modeling Project
As part of Forecasting Healthy Futures’ mission to support emerging researchers at the intersection of climate and health, we spoke to Ekuwa Adade, a doctoral researcher at Brunel University London, and a member of the IMACS Expert Network. Adade, who is researching climate sensitive diseases, recently launched a malaria modeling project as part of her doctoral research focused on her home country, Ghana. IMACS is mentoring Ekuwa in understanding and comparing different time series models and helping advance her skills in integrating climate and malaria surveillance information using advanced machine learning.
Experts Discuss Accelerating Support to Build Healthy & Climate-Resilient Cities During WHA77
On the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly, Forecasting Healthy Futures hosted an event entitled “Healthy & Resilient Cities Worldwide: Clearing the social and financial hurdles to integrate and scale sustainable urban innovations”, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile. The discussion examined the health impacts of climate threats as experienced in urban settings around the world, and the innovative efforts underway to build sustainable and resilient cities.
KORIKA & BMKG Partnership Expands ClimateSmart Indonesia Initiative
The Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS) today announced a new strategic partnership and milestone in the expansion of its ClimateSmart Indonesia Initiative, which was recently launched in partnership with the Indonesian government with the goal to ‘climate-proof’ the national health system.
Forecasting Healthy Futures Announces 2nd Annual Summit on Climate & Health
Forecasting Healthy Futures, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile, is pleased to announce its second annual Forecasting Healthy Futures Global Summit to be held 18 to 20 June, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
New Global Campaign, The Face of Change, Launches Ahead of Historic COP28 Health Day to Tackle the Climate-Driven Health Crisis
Ahead of a historic, first-ever Health Day during the 28th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, Forecasting Healthy Futures—in partnership with TIME CO2—announces the launch of a bold and ambitious global campaign - The Face of Change - that centers health as the human face of climate change. With a focus on real and relatable stories, proven, ready-to-scale solutions and open-source creative content to amplify and activate, the campaign aims to inspire a global movement to save millions of lives today from the direct health impacts of climate change while protecting the health of billions of others by accelerating action to arrest global warming.
The Climate and Us: New BBC Streaming Series Tackles Health Impacts of Climate Change
With the 28th annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting weeks away, a groundbreaking new series of films, now available online, explores the urgent health challenges posed by climate change.
ClimateSmart Indonesia: Climate Health Partnership Announced Ahead of COP28
Two weeks before the start of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Forecasting Healthy Futures’ Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS) announced a groundbreaking climate and health partnership aimed at expanding the recently launched ClimateSmart Indonesia Initiative working to climate-proof Indonesian health systems.
