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When Climate Redefines Health

January 23, 2025
15:00–15:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Research indicates that 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change and, by 2050, the climate crisis could cause $1.1 trillion in extra costs to healthcare systems around the globe. How is the resilience of key sectors to climate change being measured and how are key actors responding to safeguard public health? This session is directly linked to the Climate and...
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Speakers

SB
Stéphane Bancel
Chief Executive Officer
Moderna
SB
Shyam Bishen
Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare; Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum
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David Knibbe
Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer
NN Group
LK
Liza Korsten
President
African Academy of Sciences
JR
John-Arne Røttingen
Chief Executive Officer
Wellcome Trust
CS
Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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