Time to Adapt: Accelerating Climate Adaptation for Health Equity—Catalyzing Solutions for Community Action

Sep 20, 20239:00 amSep 20, 202310:00 am

Time to Adapt: Accelerating Climate Adaptation for Health Equity—Catalyzing Solutions for Community Action

To spotlight the health challenges posed by climate change and advance the conversation on the financing required to support climate adaptation to achieve health equity, Foundation S, the Africa-Europe Foundation, and Foreign Policy hosted an event September 20 in New York City to launch an action report, Time to Adapt: Accelerating Climate Adaptation for Health Equity—Catalyzing Solutions for Community Action. The report—produced by Foundation S’s think tank, the Collective Minds Climate Council, with assistance from Management Sciences for Health (MSH)—highlights the connection between climate change and health and underscores the need to support locally led adaptation solutions to strengthen health resilience in the face of climate change. 

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Mayesha Alam

Vice President of Research, Foreign Policy Analytics

Josep Catlla

Head of Communications and Corporate Affairs, Sanofi

Dr. Lazarus Chakwera

President, Republic of Malawi

Headshot of Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of State, Senegal

Awa Marie Coll-Seck

Minister of State, Senegal

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director General, World Health Organization

Paul Hudson

CEO, Sanofi

Headshot of Dr. Vanessa Kerry, WHO Special Envoy for Climate and Health

Dr. Vanessa Kerry

Special Envoy for Climate and Health, World Health Organization

Headshot of Vanina Laurent-Ledru, Director General, Foundation S

Vanina Laurent-Ledru

Director General,
Foundation S

Headshot of Anil Soni, CEO, World Health Organization Foundation

Anil Soni

CEO, World Health Organization Foundation

Paul Walton

Executive Director,
Africa-Europe Foundation