Upcoming Events
AmeriGEO Week: Health Session
AmeriGEO
Aug 30, 2025
Session 1: Health
09:00 — 10:30 EDT (13:00 — 14:30 UTC)
Speakers: Ben Zaitchik, Pablo Mendez-Lazaro, John Malone, Kim Portmess, Cascade Tuholske, Ana Watson
Emerging global health challenges – such as poor air and water quality, spread of infectious diseases (including COVID-19), extreme heat temperatures, and unprepared health systems – should be a leading priority in the upcoming decade. Earth observation data offer real-time information for scientists and stakeholders to examine the impact of these environmental risks on human and animal health, and ultimately enhance community health decision-making. By building these One Health networks, the global workforce can leverage expertise and incorporate innovative data and technology to enhance community response efforts that protect population health.
Adaptation Futures 2020
New Delhi, India
Energy and Resources Institute
Oct 29, 2025 - Oct 30, 2025
The Energy and Resources Institute will co-host the Adaptation Futures 2020 with the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) in Delhi from 4 - 8 October 2021. It is the sixth in the Adaptation Futures international conference series on global adaptation and the first to be held in Asia. Adaptation Futures is the flagship event of the World Adaptation Science Program, which is one of the four components of World Climate Programme (WCP) based on the World Meteorological Organisation Congress XVI Resolution 18. As a premier event in the global adaptation spectrum, Adaptation Futures is a unique platform to facilitate dialogues towards action oriented solutions from a diverse range of stakeholders that includes academia, practitioners, scientists and policy makers from across the world.
10th Global Dialogue Platform
Berlin and virtual
Global Platform for Disaster
Dec 3, 2025 - Dec 11, 2025
The growing wealth of lessons, outcomes, experience and evidence, gathered over more than eight years of implementing anticipatory action, will be under the spotlight at this year’s event. Over three days, participants will look back at what we have learned so far and discuss where we need to go next – as captured by this year’s overarching theme, ‘Lessons from anticipatory action: are we getting it right?’.
2020 Understanding Risk Forum
Online
Understanding Risk
Dec 11, 2025 - Dec 28, 2025
The Understanding Risk (UR) Global Forum is a biennial conference that convenes experts and practitioners from all around the world to showcase the best practices and latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification as well as to facilitate non-traditional interactions and partnerships.
The 2020 edition also marks the 10th anniversary of UR community, and we are celebrating its achievements and the advancements of the field during the past decade.
First Global Forum on Heat and Health
Hong Kong, China
Global Heat Health Information Network
Dec 31, 2025
The First Global Forum for Heat and Health took place in Hong Kong, China, from the 17-20 December 2018. As the inaugural global forum of the Global Heat Health Information Network, the event featured talks from leading experts on heat health science and implementation, and inform a global common agenda on heat and health. As well as engaging talks and content from experts in the field, the forum also featured an interactive segment with a focus on heat health communication.
Past Events
2nd Global Forum on Heat and Health
Copenhagen, Denmark
Global Heat Health Information Network
Jun 14, 2025
The 2nd Global Heat Health Forum, originally scheduled for July 28-31 in Copenhagen, was replaced with virtual events in summer 2020 in lieu of the in-person Forum.
1st WWRP / SERA Weather and Society Conference
Virtual
WHO WRRP, SERA
Oct 17, 2024 - Feb 7, 2024
Extreme hydrometeorological events are affecting societies, economies and environments as never before in human history. Governments, science agencies, the humanitarian sector, emergency managers and decision-makers face an unprecedented challenge to reduce the risks to citizens and society.
The Societal and Economics Research Application (SERA) Working Group of the WMO World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) invites the weather community to actively participate in the first Weather and Society Conference organised by this Programme.
The focus of the Conference is the science for services approach adopted by the World Meteorological Organization to understand, analyse and enhance the value of weather and climate services in society.
11th International Conference on Urban Climate
Sydney, Australia
UNSW Sydney
Aug 28, 2024 - Sep 1, 2024
The general theme of the ICUC-11 conference is “Cities as Living Labs: Climate, Vulnerability, and Multidisciplinary Solutions.” Accordingly, the organizing committee has identified six scientific streams for ICUC11, with each stream covering various sessions and plenaries. These streams include: Urban climate processes; Urban climate methods; Biometeorology & health; Integrated assessments of urban climate; Climate-conscious design and sustainable development; Urban climate policy.
UNEA-6 – The Urban Environment: Cooling Cities and Buildings
Nairobi, Kenya
UNEP Cities Unit, UNEP-led Cool Coalition, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (Global ABC) & Generation Restoration
Feb 27, 2024
Cities are experiencing extreme temperature increases at twice the global average rate due to the climate change exacerbated by the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE). Over 800 million urban residents globally are at high risk of adverse health effects, some of losing their lives due to a lack of access to sustainable solutions to keep buildings and neighbourhoods cool and adequate for living. Ensuring cool indoor and outdoor environment is therefore indispensable to healthy urban life. However, high and increasing energy consumption for space cooling leads to higher GHG emissions. To address this, passive cooling – a practice of using non-mechanical technology, design elements, and nature-based solutions to keep buildings and cities cool without using energy – is a fundamental solution.
16th European Public Health Conference 2023
Dublin, Ireland
European Public Health Association
Nov 8, 2023 - Nov 11, 2023