The European Climate and Health Observatory will attend the European Public Health Conference, where it will organise and contribute to several sessions on key climate and health challenges. Participants are also invited to visit the EEA–Observatory exhibition stand to explore our knowledge, products and data, and to meet the Observatory team.

Please join us in the following sessions:

11 Nov 09:00 - 10:00: Integrating health considerations into local adaptation to climate change

Organizer: European Climate and Health Observatory

Participants: European Environment Agency, Lancet Countdown in Europe, WHO Europe, ASPHER, and the Municipality of Loulé

The workshop will bring together European and international experts and a city representative to assess progress, gaps, and opportunities in local climate–health adaptation, with a particular focus on cities. The presenters will highlight new evidence on urban climate risks, city-level adaptation progress, multilevel governance, heat–health action planning, capacity needs, and practical implementation. The session will conclude with an open discussion on barriers and opportunities for accelerating effective and transferable local action, emphasizing that while awareness is increasing, adaptation remains uneven and cities require stronger guidance, capacity-building, and support from higher levels of governance.

11 Nov 09:00 - 10:00: EEA data for your environment and health research: better than the competition (and free)

Organizer: European Environment Agency

This EEA practice session will show public health researchers and practitioners how to access and use freely available, quality-assured European environmental and climate data to assess health risks, inequalities and policy responses. Through four short presentations, participants will explore key EEA data streams and practical tools -including the EEA Datahub, the European Environment and Health Atlas, the Health Crisis Toolbox and the European Climate and Health Observatory - with examples covering air pollution, environmental noise, industrial emissions, heatwaves, wildfires and flooding. The session will conclude with an extended question-and-answer discussion and a summary of practical take-home messages.

11 Nov 14:00 - 15:00: Plenary 1: How do we survive climate change?

Organizers: Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region and WHO Europe

Participants: Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Pan-

European Commission on Climate and Health, Delft University of Technology, European Environment Agency, and WHO Europe

This plenary will frame climate change as an immediate and escalating public health crisis, examining its consequences for health, economic stability and societal progress. A keynote will introduce the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health and its role in closing the gap between evidence and implementation by building political commitment and mobilising coordinated action. The subsequent panel discussion will bring together public health, policy and climate-health perspectives to consider the ethical responsibility to current and future generations and the decisive action needed from scientists, professionals, governments and society.

11 Nov 15:15 - 16:15: Infectious diseases surveillance and control under the changing climate

Organizer: European Climate and Health Observatory

Participants: European Environment Agency, European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, Barcelona Super Computing Centre, Robert Koch Institute, Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center

The round table will examine how climate change is increasing vector-borne, zoonotic, waterborne and antimicrobial-resistance risks across Europe, while exposing gaps between research, monitoring, regulation and operational response. Through an interactive discussion, experts working on EU policy, climate-health research, artificial intelligence, environmental monitoring and public health emergency governance will explore how better early-warning systems, One Health approaches and stronger cross-institutional coordination can translate scientific evidence into timely action. The session will ultimately consider how EU health security frameworks and future research programmes must evolve to treat climate as a structural driver of infectious disease risk and strengthen Europe’s preparedness.

12 Nov 16:45-17:45: Climate resilience of health systems in Europe

Organizer: European Climate and Health Observatory

Participants: European Environment Agency, WHO Europe, International Association of National Public Health Institutes, European Agency for Health and Safety at Work, Healthcare Without Harm

The roundtable will examine how climate-related hazards - including heatwaves, floods, storms and wildfires - are affecting Europe’s health systems, from physical damage to healthcare facilities and disrupted service delivery to pressures on healthcare workers. Drawing on evidence and practical experience from the participating organisations, the session will explore infrastructure resilience, workforce safety and climate-health skills, as well as preparedness for extreme heat through surveillance, early-warning systems and heat-health action plans. Audience discussion will help prioritise action and identify good practices for inclusion in the European Climate and Health Observatory.