In the third episode of a series of interviews with our ECTMIH2023 partners, Juliette Mattijsen, ECTMIH 2023 local organising committee member, met with Tom Van Ourti, Professor of applied health economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam about the headline session entitled "Climate change and health outcomes: extreme temperatures, air pollution, and policy instruments".
In discussion, they covered the health impacts of climate change and pollution, the role of policy-makers in tackling the exacerbated (health) inequality caused by the climate crisis, and how a conference like ECTMIH 2023 can contribute to the field of climate, planetary health and its policy making.
Here's their discussion in full:
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ECTMIH 2023 focus: shaping the future of equitable and sustainable planetary health
The overarching theme of the congress (20-24 November) is planetary health, focusing on the health of ‘human civilisations and the national systems on which they depend’ and reflecting the interconnectedness of human health and climate change in a rapidly changing environment. Our ultimate aim to accelerate the understanding, appreciation and connections between tropical medicine, global health and the urgent field of planetary health. For more information, visit ectmih2023.nl