The African continent is heating up more, and faster, than other regions in the world according to the recently released State of Climate in Africa Report.

ENBEL partner Norwegian Institute of Public Health interviewed Norwegian decision-makers at local and national level about how they work with adaptation to reduce the health effects of climate change. They found no clear connection between climate adaptation and health adaptation strategies in the surveyed Norwegian municipalities.

Climate action helps protect human health. World leaders and policymakers at all levels must recognize that improved health is a clear result of reducing emissions.  We have four key science-based messages for COP26 leaders.

In this interview Isabel Proaño Gómez, Director of Policy and Communications, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) talks to Vlatka Matkovic from Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) about expectations for COP26. "The climate crisis is a health crisis and patients are among the most visible victims", says Proaño Gómez. As an outcome to COP26, she would like to see more investment into research, knowledge gathering and health-oriented responses to climate change. 

Climate change and health are two of the most pressing issues facing African countries. Thus, it is imperative that people engaged in climate or health issues work together. The newly established network for climate and health in Africa, CHANCE (Climate-Health Africa Network for Collaboration and Engagement), aims to facilitate interactions and create greater coherence between these often siloed communities of practice.

ENBEL is mapping stakeholders in Europe that work on adaptation focused at reducing the health impacts of climate change, understanding interlinkages and identifying areas for action. The report will be finalised by the end of 2021.

ENBEL is currently working on disaggregating and analysing findings of ENBEL partner projects focusing on vulnerabilities and health inequalities.

The Belmont AWARD-APR project performs comparative analyses of diarrheal disease risk related to extreme weather events for children under five years of age in the Asia-Pacific Region.

We had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Kiswendsida Guigma and ask him some pressing questions that were on my mind about heatwaves in Africa. We learned about heatwave impacts and why we often don't hear about heatwaves in Africa!

In an analysis of 15 climate change and health projects we identify areas for potential synergies between the projects. We find that the ENBEL project can add particular value in terms of synthesis of research findings, dissemination and knowledge mobilisation.

Climate change is already happening and we already see the negative health effects. One third of heat-related deaths can be attributed to climate change, according to a new study led by scientists that are EXHAUSTION partners.

What interventions may help to reduce the impact of heat stress on pregnant women, women who have given birth and their new-born babies? The CHAMNHA project engaged in co-design workshops with stakeholders in Kenya and Burkina Faso to co-create locally appropriate and feasible interventions.

The ENBEL project brings together 11 research projects focusing on heat-related health issues, opening up for range of joint activities in this critical area of research.

The webinar presented state-of-the-art knowledge on the health effects of global warming, with a particular focus on increasing temperature and heat stress in a European context, and discussed how alternative climate policy options and measures can help safeguard the health and wellbeing of citizens. The webinar was organised on 26 May 2021 under the lead of ENBEL coordinator Kristin Aunan from CICERO.

Air pollution and climate change both have an immediate adverse effect on reproductive, maternal and perinatal health outcomes, with the devastating potential to affect the health of future generations to come, writes researchers from the CHAMNHA project.

In light of summer 2021 approaching, in which we are still in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent WHO report on evidence for heat and health prevention in Europe provides useful insights on how to adjust Heat health adaptation plans (HHAPs) to ensure an effective heat response.

Different indicators change in different ways, but climate models project a clear trend of increasing heat stress, according to a new scientific publication from the EXHAUSTION project.