From Awareness to Action: Communicating Climate–Health Resilience in a Changing Climate
TRIGGER’s Educational Materials: Co-creating Knowledge for Impact The communication, dissemination and exploitation of TRIGGER’s results are designed to adapt to the needs of each user. This flexibility is both a strength and a challenge in the current climate...
We made a cartoon book about infectious diseases. Here’s why.
We made a cartoon book about infectious diseases. Here’s why. Climate change isn’t just about rising or receding seas and extreme weather. It’s also changing which diseases can reach us and where. As Europe gets warmer, mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies are spreading...
Sand Flies: A Dangerous Insect on a Changing Planet
Sand Flies: A Dangerous Insect on a Changing Planet An article for Frontiers for Young Minds The CLIMOS project, as part of the European Climate-Health Cluster, has contributed to an article about sand flies published in Frontiers for Young Minds. This...
Strengthening Global Ties to Tackle Coastal Health Risks
As a leading scientific partner in BlueAdapt, Bangor University contributes essential expertise on how climate change is transforming coastal environments — and what this means for public health. This year, a team from Bangor travelled to China to participate in an...
New model improves accuracy for safer bathing waters
A powerful tool for predicting risks A new study led by BlueAdapt researcher Hao Wang (Deltares, Netherlands) shows that accounting for sunlight exposure and sediment interactions significantly improves predictions of harmful contamination in bathing waters. The...
Uncoping: Insights from urban heat exposure during and after pregnancy
By Martins Iyekekpolor It’s hot. The weather forecast says 34°C, but in the densely populated urban township of Mamelodi in the Tshwane District of South Africa, it feels even hotter. There are few trees, almost no shade, and the sun presses down on corrugated...
The Second Edition of the European Climate and Health Cluster Newsletter
We are excited to share the second edition of the European Climate and Health Cluster Newsletter, highlighting how our projects are advancing the science on climate and health, strengthening collaboration with policymakers, and turning research into meaningful action....
Addressing Climate Change and Health Inequalities at the European Health Forum Gastein 2025
Addressing Climate Change and Health Inequalities at the European Health Forum Gastein 2025 The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) is one of Europe’s leading health policy events, gathering policymakers, researchers, and civil society to shape a healthier, more...
CLIMOS findings at the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP)
Dr. Carla Maia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, presented initial findings from the CLIMOS project at the 30th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) in Curitiba, Brazil. Her talk, titled “Phlebotomine...
CLIMOS Opinion Articles – An expert view of our work.
The CLIMOS project is a European research initiative working to develop an Early Warning System (EWS) for sand fly-borne diseases (SFBDs). With climate change driving tropical diseases into new regions, Europe is becoming increasingly vulnerable to illnesses such as...