Side event COP28: Low carbon and climate-resilient health care: global perspectives on solutions and practices

 COP28 SIDE EVENT 

Low carbon and climate-resilient health care: global perspectives on solutions and practices

Tuesday, December 5th, 2023

13:15-14:45 (GST)

Co-hosted by University of Heidelberg and Sciences Po, Contact: charlotte.halpern@sciencespo.fr

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Programme (pdf)

The WHO introduced frameworks (e.g., ATACH) for climate-resilient and low-carbon health care. Taking a holistic view, this side event will focus on how different actors in Germany, France, Switzerland, Chad and the Maldives, contribute through research & practices.

Speakers

• Dr Noemi Bender, Head of Sustainability and Climate Protection, Heidelberg University Hospital
• Dr Anneliese Depoux, Director of the Centre Virchow-Villermé, Université Paris Cité and Research affiliate at LIEPP
• Dr Charlotte Halpern, Tenured research at Sciences Po, CEE & LIEPP and Director of the Institute for environmental transformations 
• Dr med Alina Herrmann, Climate Change and Health Researcher, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
• Dr Maximilian Jungmann, Executive Manager, Heidelberg Center for the Environment, CEO, Momentum Novum 
• Dr. med, Dr. P.H. Rainer Sauerborn, Senior professor of Climate Change and Health, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) 
• Dr Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Senior researcher at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) and a consultant with the Climate Action Accelerator (CAA)
• Prof Nicolas Senn, Head of the Department of Family Medicine, Unisanté, University of Lausanne, President of the Consortium for the ecological transition of the Swiss healthcare System

Programme

• Welcome, Charlotte Halpern and Max Jungmann
• A global perspective, Max Jungman, Heidelberg Center for the Environment
• Building climate change resilience in health care facilities in fragile settings; Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) and Climate Action Accelerator (CAA)
• Sustainability and Climate Protection at Heidelberg University Hospital; Rainer Sauerborn, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health and Noemi Bender, Heidelberg University Hospital
• Carbon footprinting and emission reduction at German hospitals – challenges and opportunities; Alina Herrmann and Rainer Sauerborn, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
• A road map for conducting the ecological transition of the Swiss healthcare system; Prof Nicolas Senn, Unisanté, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• Decarbonizing the Healthcare System: Key Challenges for Public Policies in France, Anneliese Depoux, Université Paris Cité, CVV, CPT & LIEPP, and Charlotte Halpern, Sciences Po, CEE & LIEPP
• General discussion
• Conclusive remarks and end of session

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