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Health under heat: Heatwaves as a human security threat

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This spotlight session traced how heat becomes a health and human security crisis. It examined why so much of the burden remains hidden and what governments and health systems can do to find and protect the people most at risk.

The eighth edition of the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) explored a climate for security, freedom and prosperity. As the world confronts growing instability, the need for integrated, cross-sectoral responses has never been more urgent. Through taking stock of leading practice and convening figures from government, implementation organisations, and research, it helped to reframe and rethink how hard security, human security, and climate action can be pursued together, reenforcing each other rather than in competition.

Speakers:

  • Prof Marina Romanello, Executive Director, Lancet Countdown
  • Pieter Wynant, Senior Safety Security Expert, Belgian Climate Risk Assessment Center (CERAC)

The production of this video is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. 

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