Living with the Elements: Weather, Climate, and Human Health
A workshop with High-level Speakers
As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, understanding the intricate links between climate, weather, and public health is vital. The hybrid workshop “Living with the Elements: Weather, Climate, and Human Health” brings together global experts, researchers, operational meteorologists, public health professionals, and communicators to explore innovative solutions, early warning systems, and science-informed strategies for building resilient communities.
Through interactive discussions, case studies, and keynote insights, this full-day workshop highlights how cutting-edge atmospheric science, AI, and epidemiological modelling can be translated into actionable public health policies and effective communication strategies.
The workshop format is hybrid.
Key Themes
- Observatories & Data Infrastructure: Explore state-of-the-art platforms, including the European Climate and Health Observatory and Copernicus Health Hub capabilities, bridging environmental data with the health community.
- Operational Early Warning Systems: Discover heat-health warning systems (HHWS) and epidemiological models designed to mitigate heat exposure, track global heat stress, and protect vulnerable populations.
- Environmental Health Dynamics: Delve into pressing health issues, from the impacts of air pollution and heat stress on hospital admissions to weather-driven patterns in infectious diseases and drought vulnerabilities.
- Health Equity & Environmental Justice: Examine the disproportionate impacts of climate hazards across socio-economic groups and learn about creative science outreach initiatives.
- Bridging Science and Actionable Communication: Learn how AI, urban heat downscaling, and public health frameworks empower decision-makers and communities to effectively adapt to a changing climate.
Full agenda: See the full details of the programme with Living with the Elements: Weather, Climate, and Human Health.
Conveners: Tanja Cegnar (International Society of Biometeorology) & Aleksandra Kazmierczak (EEA, European Climate and Health Observatory)
The workshop is organized and supported in cooperation with: Solco W. Tromp Foundation, International Society of Biometeorology (ISB), European Climate and Health Observatory at the European Environment Agency (EEA), European Meteorological Society (EMS), Slovenian Meteorological Society (SMD), Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Join us in Utrecht – or online – for an insightful and collaborative session shaping the future of biometeorology, public health protection, and climate adaptation! Registration is mandatory.
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