Health and climate - the missing links
Climate greatly affects human health, but the emissions from the health and care sector also greatly affect our changing climate. This keynote will highlight emerging risks and opportunities, based on the recent assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Personal information
Organisation | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) |
Position | Director General |
Biography
Maarten van Aalst is Director General and Chief Science Officer of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and full professor of Climate and Disaster Resilience at the University of Twente's Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
He is a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and Coordinating Lead Author at the IPCC. Prior to joining KNMI in February 2023, he led the International Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.
Programme
Time | Session | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
10.00 - 10.50 | Keynote lecture | Main Stage | Floor 1 | |
11.00 - 12.15 | The interconnectedness and shared challenges of healthcare and planetary health | Main Stage | Floor 1 |