Global Climate and Health Summit Recordings
The Global Climate and Health Summit took place 16–17 July 2025 at the QEII Centre in London and online. It brought together world-leading experts to address the urgent intersection of climate change and human health, connecting science, policy, and lived experience to drive action on heat, air pollution, and nutrition.
Explore the recordings below to hear cutting-edge science, real-world case studies, and global perspectives on climate and health.
Plenaries
Hear from global leaders setting the agenda for climate and health.
Final address - Professor Hugh Montgomery OBE
Clean Air, Healthy Lives - Shweta Narayan
Unlocking Change: Leveraging Policy and Practice - Panel Q&A
Opening keynote - Professor Jeremy Farrar
Welcome to Day 2 - Dariel Burdass
Day 1 close - Professor Mike Tipton MBE
Climate, Health, and Resilience: Lessons from Zimbabwe - Dr Douglas Mombeshora
Protecting Health in a Changing Climate: The UK Approach - Lea Berrang Ford
A Global Health Perspective - Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum
Ministerial Address - Kerry McCarthy MP
Setting the Scene - Dr Marina Romanello
Welcome Address - Professor Mike Tipton MBE
Heat resilience
With rising global temperatures, heat stress is a growing threat to workers, productivity, and public health. In these sessions you will learn about:
- Physiological thresholds for heat exposure and early intervention that are win-win for health and productivity
- Sustainable cooling solutions that do not worsen climate change
- Economic and workplace policies to protect vulnerable workers such as gig economy and indoor workers in LMICs
Heat Resilience - Innovation Think Tank - Dr Basheer Waziri
Heat resilience - Innovation Think Tank - Dr Caitlin Wyrwoll
Implementing heat adaptation and cooling interventions - Panel Q&A
Built and Behavioural Interventions at Household Level - Dr Ana Bonell
Building resilience through sustainable home interventions - Martina Maggioni
Vulnerability, Community Action and Health System Adaptation - Celeste Madondo
Physiological examination of workplace solutions - James Smallcombe and Fahim Tonmoy
Welcome and introductory remarks - Dr Fortunate Machingura
Engaging employers and policymakers – the case for heat protections - Panel Q&A
Accelerating the maturity of climate change adaptation across London - Sam Longman
UKHSA – how can policy be shaped? - Professor Lea Berrang Ford
Impact of heat on labour supply, productivity and capacity - Shouro Dasgupta
Welcome and introductory remarks - Professor Elizabeth Robinson
What are the mental health impacts of heat? - Dr Emma Lawrance
Precarious, outdoor workers in Vietnam - Dr Anh Vu
Heat and Productivity: Lessons from Heat Shield - Dr Josh Foster
How physiology can inform liveability and workability thresholds - Professor W. Larry Kenney
Air pollution & indoor air quality
Climate change is worsening air pollution, affecting respiratory and cardiovascular health. Watch this strand of recordings to discover:
- How climate-driven wildfires, heatwaves, and urban pollution are impacting air quality
- Individual, community, and policy-level solutions for improving indoor air quality
- Equitable interventions to ensure clean air access for all
Air Pollution - Innovation Think Tank - Dr Erick Sperandio Nascimento
Air Pollution - Innovation Think Tank - Vida Asah-Ayeh
Practical policy interventions to address indoor air, outdoor air quality - Panel Q&A
Local policy and regulatory response - Tom Parkes
Health impacts and human-centred interventions - Professor Sarah Koch
Aligning the health-equity and environmental co-benefits of retrofitting UK homes- Dr Douglas Booker
Framing the challenge - Professor Michael Koehle
Responses to air pollution's impact on health in low- and middle-income countries - Panel Q&A
Building capacity in LMIC to respond to air pollution's impact on health - Dr Ebba Malmqvist
The Clean Air, Healthy Lives Roadmap - Shweta Narayan
Health impacts of poor indoor air quality on vulnerable populations - Lisa Nahgon
Framing the challenge - Elvis Ndikum Achiri
Affecting change to reduce the risks and impacts of air pollution on health - Panel Q&A
Engaging with the EU Parliament's revisions to the Ambient Air Quality Directive - Zorana Andersen
Health impacts of wildfires and tools to mitigate risk - Dr Luisa Giles
Framing the challenge: Environmental model - Professor Martin Wooster
Welcome to the strand - Professor Michael Koehle
Sustainable nutrition
Food systems are a major driver of climate change but also a key opportunity for health and sustainability. In these talks you will explore:
- The co-benefits of climate-friendly diets for human and planetary health
- Strategies to overcome economic and cultural barriers to dietary shifts
- Policy frameworks that align food security, public health, and climate goals
Sustainable Nutrition - Innovation Think Tank - Dr Silvia Pastorino
Aligning economic incentives – Transforming markets, taxation, and subsidies Q&A
Financing sustainable food systems - Christopher Ramsay
Nature-based solutions to transform food systems - Professor Wendy Russell
Public procurement of plant-based foods - Dr Silvia Pastorino
The advantages of a One Health approach to sustainable diets - Edith Esievo
Welcome & introduction to economic levers for food systems change - Dr Maria Traka
Learning from the Danish Action Plan – A roadmap for policy innovation - Q&A
Synergistic pandemics of malnutrition, obesity and climate change - Dr Chris Van Tulleken
Achieving nutrient adequacy within planetary boundaries - Flaminia Ortenzi
Lessons for implementation in high-income settings - Dr Shireen Kassam
The Danish Action Plan - Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl
Why does food policy matter - Professor Paul Behrens
Impacts of sustainable diet models on health, metabolism, and resilience - Q&A
Nutritional adequacy, debunking myths and physiological impacts - Edward Chambers
What is a healthy diet and for whom? - Professor Nita Forouhi
The role of diet in health, metabolism, and climate in the UK - Dr Keren Papier
Welcome & overview of sustainable diets - Professor Paul Behrens
Vote of Thanks - Professor Mike Tipton MBE