Presentations Directory

• June 2024

• Tue 11

  Producing ultra-rapid contextualized evidence syntheses to inform pressing climate-change challenges

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate and health: policy

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  Presenter:

  John Lavis

  Addressing the climate change crisis requires global cooperation to implement solutions that are informed by the best-available evidence. As emphasized by the Global Commission on Evidence, this requires investing in the global evidence architecture for a suite of living evidence syntheses (LESs) on priority questions (including climate change), and leveraging technology to enable LESs to […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions & Health

  Research Methods: Living evidence, Other evidence synthesis
• Tue 11

  Creating clear and concise climate change and health communication

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate and health: policy

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  Presenter:

  Sonja Myhre

  Climate change is a global phenomenon that poses significant risks to public health but communicating these risks can be challenging given the complexity of the science findings, unfamiliar terminology, and technical jargon. The ENBEL consortium, a collaboration of research projects dedicated to climate change and health, produced dozens of scientific publications, yet one challenge was […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions & Health

  Research Methods: Other evidence synthesis
• Tue 11

  Unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action: the 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate and health: policy

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  Presenter:

  Kim van Daalen

  The Lancet Countdown in Europe (LCDE) aims to provide accessible information on the broadscale health impacts of climate change, and the health co-benefits of climate action in Europe by developing indicators to track changes over time across the continent. 41 indicators track climate-health relationships over the period 1950-2022 across five themes (1) impact, exposure, and […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions & Health

  Research Methods: Evidence mapping, Mixed-methods synthesis
• Tue 11

  Designing inclusive African coastal cities’ resilience

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate risks and adaptation in cities I

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  Presenter:

  Kate Walker

  The “Designing inclusive African coastal cities’ resilience” (INACCT Resilience) project is an action-oriented research project focused on two coastal cities: Durban (South Africa), and Beira (Mozambique), both having recently experienced extreme climate-related flooding that caused severe damage, displacement, and loss of life. Through a transdisciplinary approach, the project aims to enhance proactive, inclusive and evidence-informed […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions for Cities and other Human Settlements

  Research Methods: Mixed-methods synthesis, Qualitative synthesis
• Tue 11

  Contrasting Adaptation Measures: Developing Plans for Urban Greening Against Heat in the Interface between Climate Modelling and Stakeholder Participation

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate risks and adaptation in cities I

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  Presenter:

  Sarantis Georgiou

  The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML), located in the Mediterranean region, is particularly vulnerable to climate hazards, such as extreme temperatures. In particular, the concentration of population in this urban area has largely increased the exposure to the urban heat island effect (UHI) and heatwaves are posing substantial challenges to human health, infrastructures and energy systems, […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions for Cities and other Human Settlements

  Research Methods: Evidence mapping
• Tue 11

  Developing a global spatiotemporal database of urban adaptation actions

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate risks and adaptation in cities I

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  Presenter:

  Sruti Modekurty

  Climate adaptation is needed as cities around the world face climate impacts increasing in intensity and frequency. Cities have taken many different adaptation approaches, but efforts have largely fallen short. Tracking adaptation progress is needed to ensure adequate implementation, especially in the most vulnerable and under-resourced areas. Despite the importance of tracking progress, a systematic […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions for Cities and other Human Settlements

  Research Methods: Digital evidence synthesis and machine-learning methods
• Tue 11

  Modelling Future Urban Growth Scenarios in the Context of SSPs and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Address Flood risk in Huế Vietnam.

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate risks and adaptation in cities I

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  Presenter:

  Olabisi S. Obaitor

  The city of Huế has experienced significant urban growth, driven by population growth, economic development, and rural-to-urban migration. This expansion has intensified the city's vulnerability to flooding, a recurring natural hazard exacerbated by climate change and inadequate urban planning. Despite growing awareness of the importance of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban flood management, there remains a […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Policy (Instrument) Evaluation

  Research Methods: Mixed-methods synthesis, Other evidence synthesis
• Tue 11

  Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate risks and adaptation in cities I

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  Presenter:

  Mia Wannewitz

  In the context of climate change adaptation, coastal cities deserve special attention as they are faced with an abundance of climate impacts while also being engines of economic development, innovation, and culture with, in theory, high adaptation potential. While there is eclectic evidence for urban adaptation, we are lacking a global overview of the extent […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions for Cities and other Human Settlements

  Research Methods: Evidence mapping, Other evidence synthesis
• Tue 11

  Working in the intersection of climate and health in the Latin American and the Caribbean Context.

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate and health: policy

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  Presenter:

  Natalia Niño-Machado

  Climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSID) pose an increasing threat to public health as their prevalence is affected by changes in the climate in both local and global settings. To understand the climate-health nexus and improve the existing strategies on emergency preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics, it is pivotal that both climate and […]
• Tue 11

  How climate change is shaping health: results from a qualitative study in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate and health: policy

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  Presenter:

  Jessie Pinchoff

  Climate change is affecting the health and well-being of adolescents and young people (AYP). Climate events will have cascading harms and impacts on the life trajectories of the rising generation, as they face negative impacts on their educational attainment, economic prospects, and physical and mental health. However, young people are often excluded from climate research […]
• Tue 11

  Mitigating Heat Stress and Implementing Adaptation Measures in the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 Climate risks and adaptation in cities I

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  Presenter:

  Theresa Rauch

  Urban areas are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures, leading to increased heat stress and posing a significant threat to the well-being of their inhabitants. Our study focuses on heat stress and implementing adaptation measures in the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region based on a specific development site. The collaborative study with VITO and BUUR was developed in […]
• Tue 11

  Integrity of corporate net zero pledges: Analysis of major food and beverages companies

  June 11, 2024 / 15:30 – 17:00 What works in non-state climate action. Evidence on progress and ambition from cities, companies, and initiatives

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  Presenter:

  Takeshi Kuramochi

  Food and beverage companies have a crucial role to play in cutting global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study analyses net-zero and interim emission reduction targets of the world’s 20 largest food and beverage companies by revenue, which collectively account for more than 1 GtCO2e of direct and indirect emissions annually in the context of […]

  Conference Theme: Climate Solutions for Land Use

  Research Methods: Quantitative synthesis/meta-analysis