FPH Climate and Health Conference 2025: Connecting for action on climate change
9 May 2025, 9:00 - 17:00, University College London
The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Climate and Health Conference 2025 will bring together public health professionals from across the UK to discuss and reflect on action needed on climate change and health, build capacity to take action, and network to support collaboration.
Agenda
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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9:30 |
Registration |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Opening address |
Kevin Fenton |
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10:15 - 11:15 |
Working in partnership with UKHSA Climate Change and Health Security Centre |
Lea Berrang Ford |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Pathfinder Commission |
Rosemary Green, LSHTM |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Regional networks: challenges and achievements |
Florence Lock (Chair) |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch & Posters |
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14:00 - 14:45 |
Fossil fuel advocacy: how to take action |
Led by the Fossil Fuel Advocacy working group, including expert facilitators on commercial determinants of health |
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14:45 - 15:00 |
Break |
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15:00 - 15:45 |
Leadership and resilience in an era of cascading risks |
Laurie Laybourn, Director, Strategic Climate Risks Initiative |
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15:45 - 16:30 |
Interactive plenary: What do we need to do now as public health and where are the biggest opportunities to impact?
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Moderator: Mark Maslin Manira Ahmad, Chief Officer, Public Health Scotland Rebecca Masters, Public Health Consultant, Public Health Wales |
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16:30 - 16:45 |
Concluding remarks including awarding of Poster Prize |
Kevin Fenton |
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16:45 |
Networking drinks |
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