Health and climate change

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How to limit the risks and prevent the consequences of these climate changes on the health of populations? iStock / CHUYN.

By: Caroline Paré Follow

The Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, aims to contain by 2100 global warming below 2 ° C compared to pre-industrial levels. Even if these commitments were respected, climate change will still have consequences on the health of populations. The recent report of the French Red Cross "Health and climate change: caring for humanity at + 2 ° C" warns of these risks and encourages public authorities and citizens to take up this major issue of our century.

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On the occasion of World Environment Day we are talking about health problems linked to natural disasters, threats of epidemics, food insecurity ... How to limit the risks and prevent the consequences of these climate changes on the health of populations?

  • Pr Jocelyne Just , Professor of allergology in the pediatric pneumology department of the Armand-Trousseau hospital  in Paris and vice-president of the French Allergology Federation
  • Cécile Wils , Head of the Water, Sanitation, Food Security and EASA Construction Division within the International Red Cross Relations and Operations Department of the French Red Cross

At the end of the program, we offer you a relaxation session with Dr Adrian Chaboche , psychotherapist and hypnotherapist, co-founder of the Vitruve center in Paris.

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