Remy Shergill from the Climate and Health Alliance has compiled a helpful guide to COP26 for those with an interest in health, and has even gone so far as to calculate time differences.
She says: Be aware that the time difference is a little brutal, but event hosts should send you a recording when the event is finished.
And please follow @WePublicHealth this week, where Shergill is guest tweeting.
Monday 1 November
IEF Conference Panel: Health equity and climate change
5-6.30pm GMT | 6-7.30am AEDT, 2 Nov | 3-4.30am AWST, 2 Nov
This panel will discuss the relationship between climate change, health and equity, and how many factors that lead to climate change are often the same that impact health inequities.
Tuesday 2 November
Sustainability in Healthcare and Education: Global challenges and solutions
8.30am-5pm GMT, 2-4 Nov | 7.30pm-4am AEDT, 2-5 Nov | 4.30pm-1am AWST, 2-5 Nov
This three-day COP26 satellite event by the University of Glasgow. This meeting will focus on three different but related areas that highlight challenges, stress the importance of the youth voice and, importantly, suggest positive ways forward.
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Global Food 2050: How can we deliver the climate resilient, sustainable and healthy diets of the future?
2.15-3.15pm GMT | 1.15-2.15am AEDT, 3 Nov | 10.15-11.15pm AWST, 2 Nov
This event will explore climate and health solutions that deliver a ‘farm to mouth’ food system that benefits human health, reduce environmental impacts and is resilient to ongoing climate change.
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Health in NDCs: Building a future for people and planet
6.15pm GMT | 5.15am AEDT, 3 Nov | 2.15am AWST, 3 Nov
This session will cover the Healthy NDC Scorecards by the Global Climate and Health Alliance, and examples of progress being made by different countries in the categories assessed in the Scorecard.
Wednesday 3 November
Colliding Disasters: Adapting to increasing climate and health risks
1-2pm GMT | 12-1am AEDT, 4 Nov | 9-10pm AWST, 3 Nov
This session will bring together health and climate researchers with practitioners to discuss adaptation options for key risks at the interface of climate and health.
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Mayors for Heat Action
3.30-4.45pm GMT | 2.30-3.45am AEDT, 4 Nov | 11.30pm-12.45am, 3-4 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 Resilience Hub
Hear from mayors around the world on how they’re tackling extreme heat in their cities.
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Peace with Nature: Hearing the calls of Indigenous Peoples
6.30-7.45pm GMT | 5.30-6.45am AEDT, 4 Nov | 2.30-3.45am AWST, 4 Nov
This event is for those with UNFCCC badges only
This event will discuss the importance of coalitions between Indigenous and religious leaders from diverse faith traditions to protect and restore nature.
Thursday 4 November
Implementing NDCs through food systems transformation
11am-12.30pm GMT | 10-11.30pm AEDT, 4 Nov | 7-8.30pm AWST, 4 Nov
The session will explore leading initiatives, campaigns and sectoral approaches that can deliver deep, rapid and systemic transformation of the food system with a focus on integrated approaches that align with the One Health approach to healthy people and a healthy planet.
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Transport systems that protect climate and health
11.15am-12.15pm GMT | 10.15-11.15pm AEDT, 4 Nov | 7.15-8.15pm AWST, 4 Nov
The links between transport, air pollution and health means transport reform can deliver good health outcomes. The side event will examine how inaction on sustainable can have a major impact on public health.
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Climate-smart healthcare for a healthier planet
3-4.30pm GMT | 2-3.30am AEDT, 5 Nov | 11pm-12.30am AWST, 4-5 Nov
A collaborative event by the UNFCCC Climate Champions, Health Care Without Harm, Médecins Sans Frontières, Greener NHS, the Public Health Foundation of India and the World Health Organization.
Friday 5 November
Cleaning up our act: The air our children need to breathe
9-9.45am GMT | 8-8.45pm AEDT, 5 Nov | 5-5.45pm AWST, 5 Nov
This panel will look at the overlap between climate change, fossil fuels and air pollution, and how they are making our air unhealthy to breathe. The panel will look at how to leverage these issues to push for action.
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Future Proof: Health systems for a healthy planet
10.15-11am GMT | 9.15-10pm AEDT, 5 Nov | 6.15-7pm AWST, 5 Nov
An expert panel, including Jennifer Kuhl from our partner organisation Global Climate and Health Alliance, will discuss how we can make our health systems climate-resilient and explore lessons learned during the pandemic.
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Transforming Australia: from laggard to leader
3-4.15pm GMT | 2-3.15am AEDT, 6 Nov | 11pm-12.15am AWST, 5-6 Nov
This event is for those with UNFCCC badges only
The event will explore what it takes for Australia to act to realise the benefits of the transition to net zero, and showcase the broad support that exists in Australia. Dr Janine Mohamed from the Lowitja Institute will speak in CAHA’s slot about the recent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Climate Roundtable, and the pathway forward to Indigenous Climate Justice.
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An inclusive planet: inclusion, mental health and climate change
3.30-5.30pm GMT | 2.30-4.30am AEDT, 6 Nov | 11.30pm-1.30am AWST, 5-6 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 YouTube channel
This panel will highlight the climate effects on the health and wellbeing of persons with disability, and explore how climate adaptation and resilience can be more inclusive.
Saturday 6 November
COP26 Global Day of Action
10am in your capital city
Anyone can RSVP on Facebook here
On 6 Nov, the COP26 Coalition is organising to bring thousands of people on to the streets of Glasgow to demand urgent action on climate change. Here in Australia we will be having major mobilisations on the streets on Saturday, all across the country, as part of a global day of action.
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Global Conference on Health and Climate Change
9am-5.30pm GMT | 8pm-4.30am AEDT, 6-7 Nov | 5pm-1.30am AWST, 6-7 Nov
The 2021 Global Conference on Health & Climate Change will focus on climate justice and achieving a healthy and green recovery from COVID-19. The Conference will support and highlight climate action around the world and mobilise the health sector movement for ambitious climate action.
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Rio Convention Pavilion (Health): Advancing One Health through the articulation of linkages between biodiversity, climate change, desertification and health
6.15-7.45pm GMT | 5.15-6.45am AEDT, 7 Nov | 2.15-3.45am AWST, 7 Nov
Anyone can livestream the event here
This side-event will articulate a One Health approach that leverages interconnections between biodiversity, climate change, and desertification.
Sunday 7 November
From eco-anxiety to agency: A How-To Workshop
10.30am-12pm GMT | 9.30-11pm AEDT, 7 Nov | 6.30-8pm AWST, 7 Nov
In this workshop, hosts will create a space for attendees to check in on themselves and their well-being during a period of intense exposure to the reality of climate change, and share those feelings with others.
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Healthy and Sustainable Diets at the UN Climate Conference
4-5pm GMT | 3-4am AEDT, 8 Nov | 12-1am AWST, 8 Nov
Food systems experts will explore the inextricable link between healthy and sustainable diets and public health, local food systems, food workers, and biodiversity.
Monday 8 November
Climate change and health in the COVID-19 pandemic era: Lessons learned and the way forward
9am GMT | 8pm AEDT, 8 Nov | 5pm AWST, 8 Nov
This session will focus on the links between the environment, climate change and health in the COVID-19 era, and developing the capacity of attendees, from the health-related and non-health-related background on the effects of climate change on human health.
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Regional climate information: Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica
9.15-10.45am GMT | 8.15-9.45pm AEDT, 8 Nov | 5.15-6.45pm AWST, 8 Nov
The IPCC is presenting the findings of Working Group I sixth assessment report on the past and future climate changes in Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
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Youth-led research showcase and interactive dialogue on the impact of climate change on youth livelihoods and health in Africa
9.30-10.30am GMT | 8.30-9.30pm AEDT, 8 Nov | 5.30-6.30pm AWST, 8 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 YouTube channel
This discussion will present two youth-led research projects in Uganda and Zimbabwe, looking at the impact of climate change on the livelihoods and health of young people.
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Australian companies and the extractivist response to the climate crisis
11.30am GMT | 10.30pm AEDT, 8 Nov | 7.30pm AWST, 8 Nov
This session will present preliminary findings of research that examines the role of destructive extractive Australian companies in exacerbating human rights violations and ecological destruction in the name of climate action.
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A wasted opportunity: Open burning of waste causes a climate and health calamity
1.15-2.30pm GMT | 12.15-1.30am AEDT, 9 Nov | 9.15-10.30pm AWST, 8 Nov
This event is for those with UNFCCC badges only
Global leaders will discuss solutions to the open burning of waste, which has deadly health impacts and emits double the greenhouse gases of the aviation industry.
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Advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights for climate change adaptation and resilience
3-4.15pm GMT | 2-3.15am AEDT, 9 Nov | 11pm-12.15am AWST, 8-9 Nov
This event is for those with UNFCCC badges only
Climate and gender activists and organisations, youth networks and experts from countries heavily impacted by the climate crisis will make the case for inclusion of sexual and reproductive health rights as essential to inclusive, rights-based and gender-transformative climate action.
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Lifting up solutions for healthy and sustainable diets
3-4.30pm GMT | 2-3.30am AEDT, 9 Nov | 11pm-12.30am AWST, 8-9 Nov
This session will explore the importance of healthy sustainable diets for people and the planet. Speakers will address the challenges communities face accessing fresh, healthy foods as well as potential solutions.
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Washing Up: Ensuring universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene
4-4.45pm GMT | 3-3.45am AEDT, 9 Nov | 12-12.45am AWST, 9 Nov
A panel (including Matt Damon!) on how to incentivise the public and private sector to meet the SDG goals around water, sanitation and hygiene.
Tuesday 9 November
We need to talk about mental health in a changing climate
12-1.30pm GMT | 11pm-12.30am AEDT, 9-10 Nov | 8-9.30pm AWST, 9 Nov
This mental health event will examine the impact climate change has on our minds and how to use our emotions, passions, and skills to implement meaningful climate action.
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Healthy Community Advocacy in the COP26 Health Programme
1pm GMT | 12am AEDT, 10 Nov | 9pm AWST, 9 Nov
In the run up to COP26 health professionals have mobilised around the world to deliver a strong message on urgent climate action, and examine why governments benefit from providing them a platform and heeding their message.
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Emotional burdens of oppression and the climate crisis
2pm GMT | 1am AEDT, 10 Nov | 10pm AWST, 9 Nov
Experiencing and learning about oppression, often exacerbated by climate change leaves us with emotional burdens of grief, sadness and despair. A chance to feel and heal these emotions can unleash our initiative to be more effective in addressing the climate crisis.
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Climate change and pandemics: Two crises, one nature-based solution
6.15-7.45pm GMT | 5.15-6.45am AEDT, 10 Nov | 2.15-3.45am AWST, 10 Nov
Anyone can livestream the event here
Leaders from governments, international organisations and Indigenous communities will discuss the urgent need to protect tropical forests and biodiversity and invest in sustainable agriculture, to mitigate climate change and prevent future pandemics.
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The health argument for climate action: The COP26 Health Programme
6.30-7.45pm GMT | 5.30-6.45am AEDT, 10 Nov | 2.30-3.45am AWST, 10 Nov
This event is for those with UNFCCC badges only
The objective of this event is to raise awareness and support for wider COP26 Health Programme. Health has been chosen as a COP26 science priority area. The COP26 Health Programme has been established to bring stronger health focus and ambition to COP26.
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Hope in Action: Resilient responses in times of climate crisis
6.30pm GMT | 5.30am AEDT, 10 Nov | 2.30am AWST, 10 Nov
An exploration of how we can build hope and resilience into our fight for climate justice, systemic change and into creating alternative ways of living. This will be an interactive panel discussion with visionary activists and changemakers, exploring how hope can be utilised as an empowering strategy to help us respond resiliently in these times of climate emergency.
Wednesday 10 November
Where the streets have no air – South-south experiences on citizen air quality measurements
10-11.30am GMT | 9-10.30pm AEDT, 10 Nov | 6-7.30pm AWST, 10 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 YouTube channel
Latino American and African stakeholders talk about their collaboration to increase public awareness the health impacts on air pollution and how to use this data to executive climate mitigation measures.
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Climate action to protect and promote health: Sharing knowledge among regions to focus on solutions
11.30am-12.45pm | 10.30-11.45pm AEDT, 10 Nov | 7.30-8.45pm AWST, 10 Nov
This event is for those with UNFCCC badges only
A discussion to explore perspectives from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe on how scientific evidence can be better used to inform policymaking for health at local, regional and global levels.
Thursday 11 November
Disability, resilience and inclusion in our cities – inclusive design and community-led urban solutions for disability-inclusive climate resilience
9.30-11am GMT | 8.30-10pm AEDT, 11 Nov | 5.30-7pm AWST, 11 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 YouTube channel
A panel discussion considering how inclusive design and innovation can advance climate resilience in cities and the rights of persons with disabilities.
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The climate-health nexus: Delivering a virtuous cycle of benefits
1.15-2.45pm GMT | 12.15-1.45am AEDT, 12 Nov | 9.15-10.45pm AWST, 11 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 Resilience Hub
This lightning-talk session will highlight how nature-based, place-based and regenerative solutions can provide climate resilience and improve health and wellbeing outcomes. CAHA Director Fiona Armstrong will speak about the QLD Health and Wellbeing Climate Adaptation Plan.
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Our climate, our future – an intergenerational dialogue
2-3.30pm GMT | 1-2.30am AEDT, 12 Nov | 10-11.30pm AWST, 11 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 YouTube channel
Hear from children, youth, mayors, practitioners and organisations focused on child wellbeing in cities, and replicable solutions to tackle the climate health emergency.
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Empowering heat action at City Hall: The Chief Heat Officer
7.15-8.45pm GMT | 6.15-7.45am AEDT, 12 Nov | 3.15-4.45am AWST, 12 Nov
Watch it at the COP26 Resilience Hub
The first three Chief Heat Officers in the world will each give a “lightning talk”, after which a well-known journalist will moderate a discussion with the CHOs. The CHOs will comment on the kind of challenges they face to advance the heat agenda within and outside City Hall walls.
More events:
Full schedule of official COP26 side events (accessible for people with UNFCCC badges)
All WHO Pavilion events will be livestreamed on the Global Climate and Health Alliance YouTube channel
Twitter accounts to follow
Organisations
@healthy_climate ← Climate and Health Alliance
@CroakeyNews ← Croakey News
@GCHAlliance ← Global Climate and Health Alliance
@WHO ← World Health Organization
@ClimateAccept ← Cycling doctors
@UKHealthClimate ← UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
@LancetCountdown ← The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
@HCWHGlobal ← Health Care Without Harm
The Health and Climate List made by Arthur Wyns, WHO
Hashtags to follow
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