This seminar will give a summary of where we stand today. The current and future situation in Europe and the need for the health sector to take a more proactive instead of reactive approach will be addressed more in detail.

The discussion will be based on the recent fi ndings of the most extensive scientifi c project carried out so far on Climate Change and Human Health, which included in-depth evaluations of Europe´s vulnerability to climate change, of the region´s potentials for prompt responses to acute situations, and of possible adaptive strategies available to the different countries.

The project “Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Human Health in Europe", cCASHh, was funded by EU but coordinated by the World Health Organization, WHO.

About Elisabeth Lindgren
Dr. Elisabet Lindgren is specialized in Human Health Effects from Global Environmental Changes. She is a certifi ed physician with a PhD in Natural Resources Management.

Lindgren has contributed to numerous international research and policy activities. She is an advisor to the WHO on Climate Change and Health since 1998. She is co-author to the latest IPCC report as well as to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report (2005).

She and her co-workers were the fi rst to publish scientific evidence (e.g., Lancet, 2001) of early signs of health effects of climate change. She has held several positions of trust, and has contributed to climate-health vulnerability assessments of several international as well as Swedish institutions, agencies and governments.

Lindgren was the Swedish partner in the cCASHh project.