Elevating Health on the Climate Agenda

Welcome

Introductory Remarks

• Maria Neira, Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization

Perspectives from Azerbaijan and COP29

• Yalchin Rafiyev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & Chief Negotiator of COP29

Insights from the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Select highlights from the recent report on global warming and its impact on health, and experts’ consensus around future climate scenarios and their implications

• ​Marina Romanello, Executive Director, Lancet Countdown

The Climate and Us

• Alexandra Cockburn, Executive Producer, BBC StoryWorks

Forward from Findings: Select research results at the intersection of climate and health, and a conversation about remaining knowledge gaps and what’s most needed to practically inform health sector response to global warming

• Backgrounder: Professor Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Laura Herman, Partner, Dalberg Advisors

• Aravindan Srinivasan, Head, Climate Action Platform, AVPN

Continuity Dialogue: A conversation between the COP28, COP29, and COP30 planning teams and their perspectives on the opportunities to build on Dubai’s “Health Day”

Profiles in Climate Resilience

Break

Relief, Recovery, and Peace in the Context of Climate Change: Delivering health services and building sustainable climate resilience in fragile states and conflict zones

• Firestarter: David Smith, Director, Centre for Environmental Management, University of the West Indies

• Moderator: Anu Khanal, Director, Global Policy & Advocacy, Malaria No More 

• Ann Canavan, Senior Director, International Medical Corps 

• Báltica Cabieses, Professor, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovacion en Medicina 

• Stephen Cornish, General Director, Medicins Sans Frontieres – Switzerland

• Neil Vora, Policy Fellow, Conservation International

Profiles in Climate Resilience

Lunch

New Approaches to Building a Climate-Ready Health Workforce: Leveraging knowledge and technology to support health workers and serve the health of vulnerable communities

• Moderator: Juan Rachadell, Research Director, Feeding the Change

• Hande Harmanci, WHO Representative and Head of Country Office, Azerbaijan

• Tom Kakaire, Head, Strategy & Planning, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere U

• Stefan Wheat, Planetary Health Theme Director, University of Washington, ClimateRx

• Renzo Guinto, Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore

Profiles in Climate Resilience

New Advances in Water Access and Safety: The increasingly critical role of water availability and safety in the context of extreme weather events and emerging pathogens

• Firestarter: Sixbert Mwanga, Executive Director, Climate Action Network Tanzania 

• Moderator: Alison Malmqvist, Vice President, Global Fundraising & Communications, PSI

• Maarten van de Reep, Regional Director, East and Southern Africa, Evidence Action 

• Aditi Mukherji, Director, Climate Impact Platform, CGIAR

• Hamzah Sarwar, Global Social Impact and Partnerships Director, Reckitt

Profiles in Climate Resilience

Break

Food Systems, Food Security, and the Underlying Health of a Population:The climate-impacted linkages between crop productivity, nutrition, and human health & wellbeing

• Firestarter: Oliver Camp, Environment and Food Systems Advocacy Advisor, GAIN 

• Moderator: Kelly Willis, Lead, Forecasting Healthy Futures

• Amy Ickowitz, Senior Scientist, Governance, Equity, and Well-being, CIFOR-ICRAF

• Taylor Quinn, Executive Director, Tailored Food

• Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Faculty Researcher, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Close of Day One

Reception

Welcome

Multisectoral Perspectives on Climate Finance: Working across ministries and sectors to describe and quantify national risk and secure financing for integrated, harmonized adaptation plans in the health sector and beyond

• Moderator: Tamer Rabie, Global Program Lead for Climate and Health, World Bank
• Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Minister of Health, Indonesia
• Lakshmi Dhewhanti, Director General for Climate Change, Indonesia

Reflections on Donor Priorities

• Paulin Basinga, Director, Africa, Gates Foundation

Cross Talk: Putting development assistance and lending policy principles into action to ensure adequate resources for climate change mitigation and adaptation success

• Moderator: Martin Edlund, CEO, Malaria No More
• Peter Sands, Executive Director, Global Fund
• Juan Pablo, Uribe Global Director for Health, Nutrition & Population, World Bank
• Dinesh Arora, Principal Health Specialist, Asian Development Bank
• Tala Al Ramahi, Chief Strategy Officer, Reaching the Last Mile

Loss & Damages Considerations for COP29 ​

• Interviewer: Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
• Former President Joyce Banda, Malawi COP29 Advisory Board member

Break

Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Cities: New approaches to creating greener and more equitable cities through nature-based solutions, inclusion, and innovative financing

• Firestarter: Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer, UN-Habitat
• Moderator: Sally Uren, CEO, Forum for the Future
• Anna Soave, Head of Country Programme, UN-Habitat, Azerbaijan
• Matt Clark, Strategic Partnerships Lead, Abt Global
• Robert Hughes, Principal Investigator, Children, Cities and Climate Action Lab, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Profiles in Climate Resilience

Lunch

Climate Change and Mental Health: New perspectives and principles for addressing increasing need for mental health and wellness in the context of climate change

• Firestarter: Renzo Guinto, Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
• Moderator: Harshita Umesh, YOUNGO Health Working Group
• Nqatyiswa (Nikki) Mendu, Engagement and Communications Coordinator, Land Body Ecologies
• Gary Belkin, Director, Billion Minds Institute
• Nidhi Nagabhatla, Senior Fellow, United Nations University – CRIS

Profiles in Climate Resilience

Building a Movement via Storytelling and Media Partnership: Leveraging our growing understanding of climate change and its impact on human health to inspire urgent action

• ​Moderator: Jennie Bragg, Managing Director, Strategic Communications, Malaria No More

• Sara Jerving, Journalist, Devex

• Karina Basrewan, News Anchor, S.E. Asia Today News, CNN Academy Storyteller

• Simon Shelley, Chief Commercial Officer, Hi Impact Studios

• Shweta Narayan, Climate & Health Campaigner, Healthcare Without Harm

• Revati Phalkey, Global Director Health and Nutrition, Save the Children International

Profiles in Climate Resilience

COP29 and Beyond: Advocating for the inclusion of essential health principles in critical elements of UNFCCC negotiations at COP29, and for urgent climate action at home

• Firestarter: Jeni Miller, Executive Director, Global Climate and Health Alliance
• Moderator: Kelly Willis, Lead, Forecasting Healthy Futures
• Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Director, Intergovernmental Support and Collective Progress, UNFCCC
• Cindy Kobei, Indigenous Woman Climate Policy Fellow, Conservation International
• Michael Charles, CEO, RBM Partnership to End Malaria
• George Wamukoya, Policy Expert, African Group of Negotiators Expert Support

Summary and Key Takeaways

Close of Day Two

Welcome & Introductions

Inspiring Urgency: Malaria elimination efforts in the face of climate change pressures

• David Walton, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative

Spotlight on Climate-Sensitive Disease: The urgent need and imminent opportunities to combat the climate-driven rise of dengue in vulnerable communities worldwide

• Moderator: Martin Edlund, CEO, Malaria No More
• Bill Pan, Professor, Duke University
• Aravindan Srinivasan, Head, Climate Action Platform, AVPN
• P.K. Sen, Former Add’l Director-General, India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Eng Eong Ooi, Professor & Associate Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Sylvain Aldighieri, Director, Department of Communicable Diseases Prevention, Control & Elimination, PAHO
• Raman Velayudhan, Unit Head, Veterinary Public Health, World Health Organization

Update on COP29 agenda planning process

Interactive COP29 Advisory Roundtables: Baku participants have the opportunity to join topic-specific roundtables to deep-dive Summit agenda topics, debate key priorities within each, and articulate priorities and recommendations for COP29 organizers

• Climate-Sensitive Disease Solutions: Existing tools and emerging innovations to address the climate-driven health crisis and build resilience for the future
• ​Climate Health Philanthropy & the Private Sector: Corporate and philanthropic opportunities in support of innovators, startups, and community partners to be to be prepared, responsive, and resilient in the face of climate-related disasters and develop solutions to mitigate climate impacts on human health.
• ​Food Systems, Healthy Lifestyles & Urban Solutions: Social and health outcomes considerations for achieving equity while creating sustainable living ecosystems
• ​Climate Finance for Equitable Adaptation: Multilateral policy reform and innovative blended finance options to ensure equitable distribution of adequate resources for climate-resilient health systems
• ​Data and AI for “Climate Smart” Health Systems: A closer look at the power of predictive disease systems, investment and research needs, modeling methodologies, barriers to uptake, and novel applications
• ​Relief, Recovery & Peace: Addressing the causalities and climate-driven health challenges unique to conflict zones, fragile states, and migratory populations

Roundtable Readouts: Topic-specific input for the Health Advisory Group to COP29

Close of Summit