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WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health
Join the World Health Organization (WHO) for a series of technical webinars on various climate change and health topics with the aim of building capacity for implementation at country level. These webinars will integrate training, experience sharing, interactive activities and group discussion.
The Moment Is Now: Feminists Reflect on COP28
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Webinar Recording: Developing Effective Protocols to Protect Farmworkers from Heat Illness in Polytunnels
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Earth Voices: Exploring the intersection of climate justice and design
Join Alliance member IDEO.org during SF Climate Week for a discussion on how people-powered environmental action and design come together to forge a more sustainable and just future for communities in the Bay Area. This event will highlight ongoing initiatives, such as the Hummingbird Farm started by ¡Poder! in Southeast San Francisco, and investigate the role design can play in strengthening community engagement and craft locally resonant solutions.
Building Bridges, Uniting for Impact: 2024 Annual Meeting
The Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Annual Meeting will bring together members to discuss pressing global health issues, including women’s health investments, the impact of climate change on health, and how to design effective multi-sector partnerships. Key stakeholders from major organizations like the Wellcome Trust, Google, and Roche Diagnostics will participate. This annual event is a prime opportunity for members of the Alliance to connect, reflect on our achievements, and strategize for the future.
UNICEF Backs Young Innovators To Accelerate Climate Action
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Easy Ways Individuals can Reduce Consumption
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Pollution and Health: Generating Evidence and Catalyzing Action to Advance Human and Planetary Health
Join Alliance member Stanford for a conference focused on brainstorming solutions of three major sources of pollution while emphasizing their effects on human health: coal-fired industry, wildfires, and plastic. With current models of industrialization and consumption degrading the environment and polluting the world, this conference will put forward a solutions-oriented interdisciplinary research agenda to foster a healthier and more sustainable future.
Drilling for Disease: Unearthing the Health Harms and Injustice of Oil and Gas Drilling
Join Alliance members Stanford, UCSF, and UC Davis for a virtual symposium focused on climate, health, and equity. This symposium offers opportunities to hear from expert climate and health policy activists and personally affected community leaders who will speak about how all California residents’ health is being impacted by oil drilling and fossil fuels.
eBook Launch Party Webinar: Growing Green Hearts
Join Planetary Health Alliance for a Launch Party Webinar celebrating the release of the eBook, "Growing Green Hearts: Inspiring the Next Generation with Planetary Health Education." Tailored for educators, this captivating resource is more than just a guide—it's a...
Forecasting Healthy Futures Global Summit
The Forecasting Healthy Futures (FHF) Global Summit will convene diverse stakeholders from the climate and health communities to build our collective knowledge, strengthen new and existing partnerships, and identify opportunities to move together from awareness and political will to action and impact. The Summit agenda is designed to provide participants first with a high level view of our current understanding of climate change and its impact on health, then insights and updates on technical innovations from a series of transdisciplinary panels in fields related to health, an executive take on recent and future developments in climate financing, and finally a thoughtful view of communications and advocacy opportunities to advance investment in next generation solutions for climate and health worldwide.
Climate Change & Human Mobility
Join Alliance member Stanford for their Climate Change and Human Mobility Conference. This two-day conference will convene scholars, researchers, and practitioners whose work focuses on the convergence of climate change, environmental disasters, and human mobility. Conference sessions will cover climate-driven migration, public health impacts of climate change, climate displacement law and policy, climate change impacts on indigenous and other vulnerable communities, among other topics. Conference events will also include a film screening and networking opportunities.
Zambia’s Cholera Outbreak Rings Warning Bells on Climate Change
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Supporting Regenerative Beef for a More Healthy, Equitable Food System
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RAMP’s Sustainable Transportation, Air Quality, and Climate Webinar
Join RAMP in partnership with the American Lung Association for a webinar where we will hear from a variety of experts and advocates about opportunities to engage in upcoming policy processes to improve air quality, transportation, and public health. The webinar will discuss California’s needs to advance an ambitious sustainable transportation, air quality, and climate protection agenda while also navigating challenges like substantial budget deficits.
Climate, Health, & Equity: The Case for Collective Action from the Health System
Join Planetary Health Alliance, Center for the Environment & Health for their lecture on Climate, Health, & Equity: The Case for Collective Action from the Health System. This lecture will provide an overview of efforts – from the US National Academy of...
Policy Briefing with Global Health Council’s President and CEO Elisha Dunn-Georgiou | October 19, 2021
Elisha Dunn-Georgiou, the new President and CEO of Global Health Council, joined us for a conversation and update on policy and funding issues on Capitol Hill, at UNGA and following President Biden’s recent COVID Summit, where she joined leaders in committing to end the COVID-19 pandemic. She gave her observations from DC and answered questions on the political state of global health, in this critical time.
Bay Area Global Health Alliance 2022 Annual Meeting | May 16, 2022
Global health professionals from academia, NGOs, tech, biotech and other private sector partners gathered for the Alliance’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 16, at UCSF. Amy Lin, acting director of USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact, discussed the future of the global health sector in a fireside chat moderated by PHI president and BAGHA board chair Mary Pittman. Their conversation was followed by a series of flash talks on the state of global health financing and investments from representatives from the Hewlett Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. The meeting concluded with highlights on the state of the Alliance and key partnerships.
Building Community Resilience Against the Health Effects of Wildfires and Air Pollution | September 8, 2022
Bay Area Global Health Alliance members Americares, Stanford University, Public Health Institute, UCSF, and Google had a virtual conversation exploring the impact of wildfires and air pollution on the health of communities in the United States. The discussion co-hosted by the Alliance and Americares highlighted the most important concerns in this space and each panelist shared how their organization is working to build resilience, support preparedness/disaster management efforts, and address the health inequities resulting from climate change. At this virtual event, attendees had the opportunity to learn from leading experts in climate health, contribute ideas, and leave with action items to further climate resilience in their communities. Learn more.