November 18, 2025 | Tuesday

11:00

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12:00

Climate change, health and productivity loss in Central Asia

This session provides a scientific overview of climate change impacts, especially extreme heat, on health, sexual and reproductive health, and labor productivity in Central Asia, identifying vulnerabilities, data gaps, and policy-relevant recommendations to strengthen health systems, protect workers, and guide targeted adaptation, surveillance, and research priorities and equitable financing and governance measures.

Leading Institutes

  • PIK
  • Heidelberg Institute for Global Health (HIGH)

Speakers
Oxana Kravtsova (One Health)
Rainer Sauerborn (University of Heidelberg), PhD
Iulii Didovets (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), PhD
Klaus Beck (UNFPA), PhD
Mansur Oshurbaev (UNDP)

Moderator
Stefanie Wesch (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), PhD