Equitable climate solutions that protect health and build resilience for women, children and youth
This COP29 side event will showcase innovative adaptation and mitigation solutions for maternal, newborn and child health that build climate resilience and facilitate a gender-just transition.
Growing evidence highlights the impacts of climate change on human health. Among those most vulnerable to climate impacts are pregnant women, newborns and children, particularly in the Global South. Young people around the world are also disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, and are playing a key role in demanding and facilitating a just transition towards a healthier, more sustainable future.
This event, hosted by HACEY’s Health Initiative, Barranquilla+20 Foundation, Green Hope Foundation, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will focus on inclusive climate mitigation and adaptation solutions to accelerate low carbon and climate resilient development, with and for women, children and youth. Speakers will share case studies of successful interventions that benefit both climate and health and explore the principles of co-design to inspire further action.
Audience members will be invited to participate in the discussion and share their thoughts on how we can work together to design and deliver equitable climate solutions that protect health and build resilience for women, children and youth.
Please note: this event will be held at 13:15-14:45 local time in Baku (AST; GMT+4); and 09:15-10:45 in UK time (GMT).
Speakers
- Chair: Rachel Juel, Children, Cities & Climate Action Lab, LSHTM
- Olumide Idowu, Founder/Executive Director International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) Africa and representative of HACEY Health Initiative
- Kehkashan Basu, M.S.M., MBA - Founder-President of Green Hope Foundation & UN Human Rights Champion: "Women & Girls' Health for Feminist Climate Justice"
- Lorena Terrazas, Barranquilla +20
- Maria Paula Calvo Barboza, La Ruta del Clima, Costa Rica and recipient of Loss & Damage Grantmaking Council: "Mental health & youth in relation to loss & damage"
- Miriam Medel García, Head of Environment and Health of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the International Organizations in Geneva (recorded)
- Dr Ana Bonell, Assistant Professor in the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH) Centre & Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM: "Co-designing heat adaptation interventions"
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