Presentations
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Session PL1 | Setting the Scene
09:15 Where We Stand on a Global Scale, Guéladio Cissé and Martin Röösli, Swiss TPH
09:30 Climate Change Projections from the Global to Local Scale, Erich Fischer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
10:00 Climate Health Risks, Scenarios and Action, Kristie Ebi, University of Washington, USA
Session TS1 | Climate Related Health Risks
1a Climate Change and Non-Communicable Diseases
11:00 Heat Related Mortality in Switzerland: Relevance and the Effect of Heat-Health Action Plans, Martina Ragettli, Swiss TPH
11:20 Climate and Migration, Etienne Piguet, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
11:40 Climate and Mental Health, Susan Clayton, College of Wooster, USA
1b Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
11:00 Vector Born Disease and Climate in Asia and Australia, Peng Bi, University of Adelaide, Australia
11:20 Diarrhea and Climate in Senegal, Sokhna Thiam, Swiss TPH, Senegal
11:40 Malaria and Climate Change in West Africa, Richard M’bra Kouassi, Swiss TPH, Cote d’Ivoire
Short Film “WHO: TDR - Preventing Malaria and Schistosomiasis due to Climate Change in Cote d’Ivoire”
Session TS2 | Vulnerabilities and Impacts in Different Contexts
2a Physical and Spatial Vulnerabilities
13:30 Vulnerabilities of Water and Sanitation Systems in West Africa, Guéladio Cissé, Swiss TPH
13:50 Climate Change: From Emerging Risk to Real-Life Danger—an Insurance Perspective, Bernd Wilke, SwissRe, Switzerland
14:10 Modelling and Mapping Vulnerabilities, Penelope Vounatsou, Swiss TPH
2b Socio-Economic Vulnerabilities
13:30 Vulnerabilities of Communities to Heat Waves in the North of Senegal, Ibrahima Sy, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal
13:50 Valuing Climate Services in the Peruvian Altiplano Using Economic and Vulnerability Assessments, Filippo Lechthaler, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
14:10 Climate and Economic Impact, David Bresch, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Session TS3 | Mitigation and Health Co-Benefits
15:30 Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation—an Overview, Paul Wilkinson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
15:50 Co-Benefits of Reduced Fossil Fuel Burning, Nino Künzli, Swiss TPH
16:10 Dealing with Trade-Offs Between Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Measures and Health, Jeremy Hess, University of Washington, USA
Friday, 6 December 2019
Session PL2 – Paving the Way Forward
08:30 Research Agenda and Methods for Studying Climate Change Impact on Health and Adaptation Effectiveness, Rainer Sauerborn, University of Heidelberg, Germany
09:00 How to Get From Research to Policy, Janine Kuriger, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Switzerland
Session TS4 | Health and Adaptation Measures
4a Adaptation Plans
09:30 Health Adaptation Gaps, Gerardo Sanchez, United Nations Environmental Program, Denmark
09:50 Climate Change Adaption Plans for Queensland, Maxine Whittaker, James Cook University, Australia
10:10 Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, Andrea Rother, University of Cape Town, South Africa
4b Prediction and Monitoring for Impact
09:30 Prediction of Heat Related Mortality on a Global Scale, Ana Vicedo, University of Bern, Switzerland
09:50 Impact of Climate Change on Distribution of Schistosomiasis (Modelling), Guojing Yang, Swiss TPH
10:10 Surveillance of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in Switzerland, Pie Müller, Swiss TPH
Session TS5 | Frameworks for Health System Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction
5a Frameworks
11:10 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Virginia Murray, Health England, UK
11:30 WHO Framework for Health System Strengthening, Diarmid Campbell, WHO, Switzerland
11:50 EcoHealth Framework and Climate Change, Brama Koné, Swiss Centre for Scientific Research, Cote d’Ivoire
12:10 A Framework for Modelling Nutrition-Related Health Impacts under Climate Change, Mirko Winkler, Swiss TPH
5b Health Systems
11:10 Climate Disaster Risk Management for Food Security and Nutrition, Maria-Cristina Tirado, UCLAI, USA
11:30 Immunisation's Contribution to Climate Change Resilience, Deepali Patel, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, Switzerland
11:50 Public Health Systems in the Face of Climate Sensitive Hazards in Florida, Song Liang, University of Florida, USA
12:10 Health Systems, One Health and Climate Change, Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss TPH
Session PL3 | From Research to Policy to Change
14:15 Switzerland Assessing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities, Roland Hohmann, Federal Office for the Environment,
14:45 Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, Kris Murray, Imperial College London, UK
15:15 Decarb Swiss TPH: The Way Forward, Mirko Winkler and Martin Röösli, Swiss TPH
15:45 Closing Words, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Swiss TPH