Research indicates that 3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change and, by 2050, the climate crisis could cause $1.1 trillion in extra costs to healthcare systems around the globe.
How is the resilience of key sectors to climate change being measured and how are key actors responding to safeguard public health?
This is the full audio of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting on 23 January, 2025. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2025/sessions/where-climate-collides-with-health/
Speakers:
John Steenhuisen, Minister of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer, Moderna
John-Arne Røttingen, Chief Executive Officer, Wellcome Trust
Liza Korsten, President, African Academy of Sciences
Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
David Knibbe, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, NN Group
Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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