Sweating in Silence: Heat & Health workers

by wedo | Aug 14, 2025 | HIGH Horizons

“Physically, with all the sweating, after some time, maybe afternoon, I feel as if I’m smelling. I have that smell. I wish I can just go and have a shower, but I can’t because I’m still at work.“Health Worker 1 For many health workers in South Africa, heat isn’t just...

Vector borne disease in times of global change: how to use wetlands across Europe as sentinel sites?

by wedo | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

The growing threat of vector-borne diseases, many of which are climate-sensitive, demands more robust monitoring systems and coordinated response efforts in both endemic and emerging regions. Climate change, the expansion of mosquito habitats and seasons, and shifting...

Protecting health in a changing climate

by wedo | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

On 3 June 2025, the European Climate-Health Cluster organised an event at the European Parliament in Brussels, titled Protecting Health in a Changing Climate. Bringing together leading researchers and decision-makers, the event aimed to share and disseminate the...

Climate-Health Cluster gathers in Brussels to advance collaboration within and beyond

by wedo | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Climate-Health Cluster met in Brussels on 2 June at the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD). The meeting brought together 30 participants, representing the six projects of the Cluster, BlueAdapt, CATALYSE, CLIMOS, HIGH...

Protecting Health in a Changing Climate

by wedo | May 19, 2025 | BlueAdapt, CATALYSE, CLIMOS, HIGH Horizons, IDAlert, News, TRIGGER

You are warmly invited to the roundtable event “Protecting Health in a Changing Climate”, hosted by European Climate-Health Cluster Prof Debra J Jackson, and  MEP Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis on 3 June 2024, from 11:15 to 13:15, followed by a networking lunch, at...