How is this being done?
Predictive Planning: Climate models help us forecast extreme weather, enabling better preparedness with stockpiled medical supplies and improved hospital capacity.
Resilient Infrastructure: In flood-prone areas, we're redesigning healthcare facilities to withstand the impact of severe weather, including elevating critical equipment and installing robust emergency power systems.
Targeted Disease Prevention: Models also help predict outbreaks of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, allowing us to take proactive steps, from vaccination campaigns to mosquito control initiatives.
Collaboration is key - healthcare systems and climate researchers, are working together to integrate these models into daily operations
By acting now, we're not just reacting to the next crisis - we are building long-term resilience to protect public health in the face of a changing climate.
Our own Rasmus Benestad from MET Norway (In photo) will hold a presentation in Barcelona on how we can make climate models help create more accurate regional climate predictions, which are crucial for planning and adapting to climate change with the title:“Modelling how climate change may affect outbreak of diarrhoea”
Read more about the arrangement by European Meteorological Society in Barcelona this September: Communicating Weather and Well-Being