Climate Change & the mental health crisis webinar series
March-June 2022

This series will provide an overview of the current evidence and work areas around climate change and mental health crises, with different lenses, target focus, proposed interventions, and solutions. We aim to stimulate discussion in this space as well as opportunities to jointly collaborate to advance our knowledge and response to this rising priority area. 

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This first webinar on Wednesday 30 March 2022 provided an overview of evidence and current frameworks on climate change and mental health. 

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Speakers

• Fiona Charlson, Queensland Centre of Mental Health Research and School of Public Health, University of Queensland 

• Emma Lawrance, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London 

• Alessandro Massazza, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, LSHTM

• Garret Barnwell, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg 

• Jennifer Uchendu, SustyVibes, Lagos, Nigeria

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The second webinar will focus on risks, vulnerabilities, and sub-populations. Speakers will present different overviews from a gender, humanitarian, youth and World Health Organization perspective.  

Speakers 

• Ayesha Ahmad, St. George's University 

• Laura Brown, UCL  

• Kyle Hill, University of North Dakota 

• Johnson Fani-Matenga, REPSSI  

• Renato Oliveira,  PAHO  

 

Where and when
Date: Wednesday 27 April 2022
Time: 17:00 - 18:30 UK time (BST)

Admission
Follow webinar link. Free and open to all. No registration required.

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