Overview
Climate change is not just an environmental crisis; it is a public health emergency. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting disease patterns are placing unprecedented stress on health systems and disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. Strengthening adaptation and resilience is now essential to safeguarding human well-being.
This symposium brings together global experts to advance international cooperation on climate health, moving beyond crisis response toward proactive resilience-building. Key themes include climate health ethics, planetary health, and the interconnected well-being of human populations and the planet itself. Through discussions balancing scientific rigor with real-world implementation, the event will explore advanced meteorology modeling, effective early warning systems, health co-benefits of climate action, and strategies from emerging AI-driven health surveillance to community-based adaptation—ensuring no population is left behind. By fostering collaboration across organizations and regions, the symposium will provide a platform to integrate health into climate adaptation policies, offering tools to measure health outcomes in local contexts and achieve shared goals for a resilient future.
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Speakers
 | Margaret Chan Director-General Emeritus of the World Health Organization; Founding Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University |
 | John S. Ji Associate Professor Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University |
 | María Neira Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health World Health Organization (WHO) |
 | Andy Haines; Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
 | Katherine Littler Co-lead Global Health Ethics & Governance Unit World Health Organization (WHO) |
 | Jocalyn Clark International Editor, Head of Scholarly Comment The British Medical Journal (BMJ) |
 | Sandro Demaio Director and Head of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health World Health Organization Western Pacific Region |
 | Yoonhee Kim Associate Professor Graduate School of Medicine at The University of Tokyo |
 | Jessica Kronstadt Program Director of Planetary Health Alliance Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University |
 | Cunrui Huang Vice Dean, Professor Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University |
 | Vera Siesjö Senior One Health Scientist Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) |
 | Jian Zhang Vice President, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Tsinghua University |
 | Jian Zhou Assistant Director, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy Tsinghua University |
Organizer
Tsinghua University Vanke School of Public Health (SPH) was newly established on April 2, 2020 in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Margaret Chan, the Former Director-General and Emeritus Director-General of the World Health Organization, is the founding dean of the School. The establishment of the School is a historic milestone for Tsinghua University, as it actively undertakes its mission to shoulder the responsibility of addressing national and global challenges, development priorities and needs. It is also a timely disciplinary response to major global public health issues.
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