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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