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Sweating in Silence: Heat & Health workers

“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?

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

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

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

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...

Beating the heat starts with the building: rethinking health facilities for a warming world

Walk into a maternity ward in rural Zimbabwe on a summer afternoon, and you’ll understand something instantly: buildings matter. Health facilities that provide maternity and neonatal care with no insulation, no cooling, and no escape from the sun can quickly become...

Pedal Progress: Using Data Science to Obtain City-Wide Cycling Volumes

As the urgency of addressing climate change intensifies, the ongoing shift towards a sustainable future has brought various sectors, including transportation, into the spotlight. Yet, this subject remains delicately sensitive, as it directly influences the daily...

CATALYSE Fieldwork to Tackle Heat Stress and Healthcare Barriers for Migrant Workers

Worldwide, an estimated 1 in 4 adults work outdoors. Outdoor workers face an increased risk of occupational heat stress due to environmental exposures, including temperature, humidity, direct sun exposure, and heavy physical work. Between 800,000 to 1 million seasonal...

Fundació Sanitària Mollet Wins The Healthy Futures Award at the European Sustainable Healthcare Awards 2024

Fundació Sanitària Mollet (FSM), a CATALYSE collaborator, has been honored with the Healthy Futures Award as part of the European Sustainable Healthcare Awards 2024, an initiative by Health Care Without Harm Europe. This award recognizes the groundbreaking project,...

Climate-Health Cluster: Celebrating closing the early warning gap together on World Meteorological Day

This World Meteorological Day, we are celebrating our work to close the early warning gap together with all six partners in the Climate-Health Cluster, who collaborate to increase the societal and policy impact of EU-funded research linked to climate, health and...

Sweating in Silence: Heat & Health workers

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

Protecting health in a changing climate

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

Protecting Health in a Changing Climate

Beating the heat starts with the building: rethinking health facilities for a warming world

Pedal Progress: Using Data Science to Obtain City-Wide Cycling Volumes

CATALYSE Fieldwork to Tackle Heat Stress and Healthcare Barriers for Migrant Workers

Fundació Sanitària Mollet Wins The Healthy Futures Award at the European Sustainable Healthcare Awards 2024

Climate-Health Cluster: Celebrating closing the early warning gap together on World Meteorological Day

Takeaways from the WHO 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health

BlueAdapt

BlueAdapt’s team from EuroHealthNet showcased the project’s research goals during the WHO 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, held in Budapest. Learn the team’s takeaways from the conference, highlighting the urgent need to address coastal water pollution in combating climate change risks for public health.

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