Climate, Environment, and Health for the Americas - Mobilizing transdisciplinary knowledge and training for policy action

 

 

TRAINING INITIATIVE AND SEED GRANT CALL

 

IAI-PAHO-GCCHE

 

Regional Workshop on Climate, Environment, and Health

 

From March 13 to 17, 2023, the workshop “Climate, Environment, and Health for the Americas” was held in San Martín de los Andes, organized by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), the Ministry of Public Health of the province of Neuquén, Argentina, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Global Consortium for Climate and Health Education (GCCHE).

The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the capacities of researchers and decision-makers to address the complex problems that link climate, environment, and human health in the region, from a transdisciplinary and intersectoral perspective. Participants developed skills in communication and engagement with diverse stakeholders, with a focus on the science-policy interface and the genuine participation of communities. The overarching goal was to contribute to the development and implementation of more effective public policies that address the most critical national, regional, and global public health priorities.

The workshop convened almost 100 experts from 20 countries in the Americas who represented academic, governmental, non-governmental, and international institutions. Thirteen transdisciplinary research teams also participated, which will receive funding from IAI to implement seed projects that will generate scientific knowledge to support decision-making in the Americas.

Among the participants who attended the workshop were:

  • Omar Gutiérrez, Governor of Neuquén, Argentina
  • Marcos Koopmann, Vice Governor of Neuquén, Argentina
  • Sebastián González, Chief of Cabinet of the Government of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina
  • Carla Vizzotti, Minister of Health of Argentina
  • Andrea Peve, Minister of Health of the Neuquén Province, Argentina
  • Carlos Javier Darío Saloniti, Mayor of the City of San Martín de Los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina
  • María Andrea Echauri, Advisor to the Minister of Health of Neuquén, Argentina
  • Carolina Mura, Director of Institutional Relations of the Ministry of Health of the province of Neuquén, Argentina
  • María de los Milagros Skansi, Director, Central Climate Monitoring Service, National Meteorological Service of Argentina
  • Eva Jané Llopis, Representative of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, Argentina
  • Daniel Buss; Head of Unit, Climate Change and Environmental Determinants of Health - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Alejandra Ferrero, National Consultant on Environmental Determinants of Health and Climate Change, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Argentina
  • Bárbara Tapia Cortés, Technical Coordinator of Services for the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • Juan José Nieto, Director of the International Center for Research on El Niño Phenomenon (CIIFEN)
  • Marcos Regis da Silva, Executive Director, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
  • Marcella Ohira, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Capacity Building, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
  • Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Executive Director, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)