Contents of the speakers
MONDAY 15TH APRIL 2019
Opening speeches by the Presidents
Pr Jean-Jacques ELEDJAM,
President of the French Red Cross
Dr Francesco ROCCA,
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and of the Italian Red Cross
Pr Jean-Jacques Eledjam
Dr Francesco Rocca
Opening messages from political, artistic and scientific leading figures
François DE RUGY,
Minister of State, French Minister for Ecological and Solidarity Transition
Laurent FABIUS,
President of the French Constitutional Council, former President of COP21 – Video
David LISNARD,
Mayor of Cannes and Vice-President of the Association des maires de France et des présidents d’intercommunalité (AMF)
Kirsi MADI,
Director of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Dr Tedros ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS,
Directeur général de l’OMS
Dr Maria NEIRA,
Directrice, Département OMS Santé publique, déterminants sociaux et environnementaux de la santé
Francois de Rugy
Laurent Fabius
David Lisnard
Ms. Kirsi Madi
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dr Maria Neira
Round table ‘‘From war to climate: 100 years of humanitarian action”
Pr Jean-Jacques ELEDJAM,
President of the French Red Cross
Dr Francesco ROCCA,
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and of the Italian Red Cross
Annemarie HUBER-HOTZ,
President of the Swiss Red Cross and Vice-President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Koby LANGLEY,
Senior Vice President of International Services and Service to the Armed Forces, American Red Cross
Mike ADAMSON,
Executive Director of the British Red Cross
Pr Hiroshi HIGASHIURA,
Representative appointed by the President of the Japanese Red Cross
Jimmy KILANG,
Vice President of the Southern Sudan Red Cross Society
Dr Alex PINANO,
President of the Marshall Islands Red Cross
DORIS SCHOPPER,
Member of the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva and Director of the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action, former President of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Switzerland
Overview of current knowledge on climate/health
Dr Diarmid CAMPBELL-LENDRUM,
Climate Change and Health Team Leader, Public Health and Environment Department, World Health Organization (WHO) – Présentation en pdf – Video
Dr Nick WATTS,
Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown – Présentation en pdf – Video
Pr. Sir Andy HAINES,
Former Chair of the Lancet/Rockefeller Foundation Commission on Planetary Health,
Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine – Video
Reducing the health risks of disasters
Omar ABOU-SAMRA, (Président)
Director of Preparedness Programs and Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
Thuy-Binh NGUYEN, (Rapporteur)
Technical Advisor Disaster Risk Reduction/ Climate Change Adaptation, French Red Cross – Vdeo
Fernando BRIONES,
Researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder, member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Coordination of Civil Protection of Mexico – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation
Nancy CLAXTON,
Senior officer of health promotion in the Community health and emergency service, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – pdf presentation
Thierry FAUVEAUX,
Territorial director for the West Indies and Emergency coordinator for the Atlantic zone at the French Red Cross – Video
JC GAILLARD,
Associate professor at The University of Auckland – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation
Pr Virginia MURRAY,
Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England – pdf presentation
Michael SZOENYI,
Leader of the Flood Resilience Program, Zurich Insurance – pdf presentation – Video
Adapting to heat waves in urban areas
Dr Maarten K. VAN AALST,
Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Cheikh KANE,
Climate Change Resilience Policy Advisor at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Amy DAVISON,
Head of Climate Change at the Environmental Management Department of the City of Cape Town (South Africa) – pdf presentation
Sujoud GHALLAB,
Assistant head of Risk Management, Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine (GCMGM), Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia – pdf presentation
Karine LAAIDI,
Epidemiologist, Project Manager «Climate and Health» at Public Health France – pdf presentation
Pr Camilo MORA,
Professor at Hawaii University – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation – Third pdf presentation – Fourth pdf presentation
Dr Joy SHUMAKE-GUILLEMOT,
Co-chair of Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN), World Health Organization/World Meteorological Organization Climate and Health Office – pdf presentation
Preventing epidemics: a community and public
health oriented approach
Philippe QUÉNEL, (Président)
Director of Laboratory for Study and Research in Environment and Health (LERES), at Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
Sendy VEERABADREN, (Rapporteur)
Head of delegation at the Americas-Caribbean Regional Response Platform (PIRAC) – pdf presentation – Video
Awa Marie COLL-SECK,
Minister of State to the President of Senegal – pdf presentation
Jean-François GUÉGAN,
Research professor at French National Institute for Research on Sustainable Development (IRD) and at French National Institute of Research for Agriculture (INRA) – pdf presentation
Dr Stanislas REBAUDET,
Clinical infectious disease Doctor and Epidemiologist (Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Marseille) – pdf presentation
Éric SAM-VAH,
Deputy Head of Delegation at French Red Cross Indian Ocean Regional Response Platform (PIROI) – pdf presentation
Tonje TINGBERG,
Public Health in Emergencies Coordinator, Norwegian Red Cross – pdf presentation
Meeting mental health and psychosocial support needs
Dick CLOMÉN, (Président)
Project Manager, Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Project on Addressing Mental
Health Consequences of Armed Conflicts, Natural Disasters and other Emergencies
Cécilie ALESSANDRI, (Rapporteur)
Head of the Psychosocial Unit in the International Relations and Operations Department, Franch Red Cross
Susan CLAYTON,
Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster, and Member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – pdf presentation – Video
Dr Fathy FLEFEL,
Director of the Palestine Red Crescent Society Psycho Social Department
Joseph O. PREWITT DIAZ,
Practitioner scholar in Disaster Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, American
Red Cross – pdf presentation
Nana WIEDEMANN,
Director of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support – pdf presentation
TUESDAY 16TH APRIL 2019
Promoting access to universal health coverage
Laurent CHAMBAUD, (Président)
Director of the École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
Dr Emanuele CAPOBIANCO, (Rapporteur)
Director for Health and Care at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Dr Githinji GITAHI,
Group Chief Executive Officer of Amref Health Africa, Co-chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee – Video
Virginie LE MASSON,
Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Dr Christophe PAQUET,
Head of the Health and Social Protection Division, French Development Agency (FDA)
Facing the health challenges associated with climate-related migration
Dr Emanuele CAPOBIANCO,
Director for Health and Care at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Stéphanie GIRON,
Policy Officer, Social Inclusion and Access to Fundamental Rights Unit, Social Action Department, French Red Cross
Mariam TRAORE CHAZALNOEL,
Expert in Migration, Environment and Climate Change, International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Présentation pdf
Jacqueline DEROIN DE GAILLANDE,
Secretary General of the Vanuatu Red Cross Society – pdf presentation
Lasha GOGUADZE,
ocal point for Health and Migration, Health Department, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Dorothy Mwari NKONGE-NGUMBAU,
Danish Red Cross Country Coordinator for Kenya – pdf presentation
Sylvain PONSERRE,
Senior monitoring Coordinator, Data & Analysis Department of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) – pdf presentation
Jozef BARTOVIC,
Technical Officer, Migration and Health Programme, World Health Organization
(WHO) Regional Office for Europe – pdf presentation
Preventing health needs related to the combined effects of conflict and climate change
Pr Doris SCHOPPER, (Président)
Member of the Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Professor
at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva and Director of the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action, former President of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Switzerland
Frédéric CASIER, (Rapporteur)
Legal adviser on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Relations with the Movement at the Belgian Red Cross
Bastien ALEX,
Co-director of the Geopolitical Observatory of climate change impacts in terms of security and defense, French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)- pdf presentation
Pr Dorothea HILHORST,
Professor of Humanitarian Aid & Reconstruction at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam – Video
Bruno JOCHUM,
[Former Director General of Médecins sans frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Geneva Operational Centre] – pdf presentation
Jimmy KILANG,
Vice President of the Southern Sudan Red Cross Society
Dr Esperanza MARTINEZ,
Head of Health, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Dr Mohammad SALIM BAHRAMAND,
Health Program Director, Afghan Red Crescent Society
Fighting against food insecurity and malnutrition
Michel MAIETTA,
Director, Analysis and Strategy at Actions Against Hunger (ACF-UK), Initiator and Facilitator, Interagency Regional Analysts Network (IARAN)
Cécile WILS,
Head of the Water, Sanitation, Food Security and Construction Division, International Relations and Operations Department, French Red Cross – Video
Gema ARRANZ BENITO,
Delegate at the Livelihood Centre, Africa Region, Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – pdf presentation
Anne-Sophie DESMARIS,
Regional technical advisor for health and nutrition for West and Central Africa,
French Red Cross – pdf presentation
Cindy HOLLEMAN,
Senior Economist in the Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – pdf presentation
Soenke KREFT,
Director, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) – pdf presentation
Kathryn OGDEN,
Nutrition-sensitive programme officer, World Food Programme (WFP) – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation
Dr Halima SAADO ABDILLAHI,
Head of Research and Learning at the International Center for Humanitarian
Affairs (ICHA) – pdf presentation – Video
Protecting ecosystems to promote health
Louis Roger ESSOLA ETOA,
Chairman of the Commission for Dense and Humid Forest Ecosystems of Central
Africa (CEFDHAC)
Marie-Agnès TUR,
Head of the ‘‘Future of International Action’’ mission, French Red Cross
Isao FRANK,
Executive Director and Secretary General of the Red Cross of Micronesia
Dr Karounga KEITA,
Director Sahel of Wetlands International – pdf presentation
Juriaan LAHR,
Director of International Operations, Netherlands Red Cross – pdf presentation
Marina MAIERO & Cristina ROMANELLI,
Technical Officer, Health and Climate Change Team, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) – Manager, CBD-WHO Joint Work Programme on Biodiversity & Health Biodiversity,
Human Health & Sustainable Development Goals, Secretariat of the Convention on
Biological Diversity – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation
Financing and governing climate-health initiatives more effectively
Claus HAUGAARD SORENSEN,
Former Director of European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
department (ECHO)
Elhadj AS SY
Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Founding member of the Global Commission on Adaptation
Jean-Louis de BROUWER,
Director of Operations at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Philippe JAHSHAN,
President of Coordination Solidarité urgence développement (SUD)
Dr. Jemilah MAHMOOD,
Under Secretary General for Partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – pdf presentation
Alexandra RÜTH,
Head of Taskforce “Humanitarian Adaptation to Climate Change” (Forecast Based Financing), International Cooperation Department, German Red Cross
Dr Agnès SOUCAT,
Director of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization (WHO)
Calling to action and communicating to instigate change
Cyrielle HARIEL,
Impact journalist, “change maker” and author
Tarek EZZINE,
Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues, International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) – pdf presentation
Dr Vijay LIMAYE,
Climate Change and Health Science Fellow, Science Center, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Member of The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation
Pr Edward MAIBACH,
Director of the Centre for Climate Change Communication (George Mason University)
and senior advisor of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health – pdf presentation
Magali PAYEN,
President of MP Productions, youtuber and initiator of the #onestprêt movement – Video – L’affaire du siècle (video)
Pablo SUAREZ,
Associate Director for Research and Innovation, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – pdf presentation
Tribute to the 100th anniversary of the IFRC of Elhadj AS SY, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Advocacy of the Commission for Future Generations
REDx 15TH APRIL 2019
PRESENTATION OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
WHAT NOW SERVICE: OUTIL D’ACTION PRÉCOCE – Vidéo – pdf presentation
developed by the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Global Disaster Preparedness Center in partnership with Google, to increase the speed and dissemination of disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages
Omar ABOU-SAMRA, Director of Preparedness Programs and Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GPDC)
ENHANCING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO FLOODING, THE ZURICH PROGRAM, – First pdf presentation – Second pdf presentation
Michael SZOENYI, Leader of the Flood Resilience Program, Zurich Insurance
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES – pdf presentation
Dr Simon CAUCHEMEZ, Head of the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur
THE APP THAT SAVES YOU – pdf presentation
An application to learn life-saving actions and proper responses in an emergency situation
Diane ISSARD, Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC) and
Omar ABOU-SAMRA, Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GPDC)
FORECAST-BASED FINANCING TO REDUCE HEATWAVE VULNERABILITY IN HANOI, VIETNAM – pdf presentation
Alexandra RÜTH, Head of Task Force Humanitarian Adaptation to Climate Change, German Red Cross
HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS, PROGRAM TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND NATURE EDUCATION IN INDIAN SCHOOLS – pdf presentation
Priya PRAKASH, Founder and CEO of HealthSetGo
A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE GAME “DECISIONS FOR THE DECADE” – pdf presentation
(commandé par l’économiste en chef de la Banque mondiale pour le développement durable, Marianne FAY)
APPLIED ON HEALTH & CLIMATE RISK ISSUES – pdf presentation
Pablo SUAREZ, Associate Director for Research and Innovation, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Omar Abou Samra
Michael Szonyi
Dr Simon Cauchemez
Diane Issard & Omar Abou-Samra
Alexandra Rueth
Priya Prakash
Fondation Croix-Rouge française
Pablo Suarez
REDx 16TH APRIL 2019
PRESENTATION OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
USING BIOMETRIC IRIS TECHNOLOGY TO REAL-TIME HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT IN A REFUGEE CAMP – pdf presentation
Dorothy Mwari NKONGE-NGUMBAU, Danish Red Cross Country Coordinator for Kenya
BLOCKCHAIN OPEN LOOP CASH TRANSFER – Vidéo – pdf presentation
Dr Halima SAADO ABDILLAHI, Head of Research and Learning
at the International Center for Humanitarian Affairs, Kenyan
Red Cross
#GLOBAL DISPLACEMENT RISK MODEL – pdf presentation
Predictive Analysis for disaster displacement
Sylvain PONSERRE, Senior monitoring Coordinator,
Data & Analysis Department of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
CLIMATE-HEALTH THREATS MAP – pdf presentation
An innovative website that allows people to zoom in on health effects of climate change in their own community
Dr Vijay LIMAYE, Climate Change and Health Science Fellow, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
EDUCATION TOOLKIT ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, ADAPTATION
TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN HAITI – pdf presentation
Natalia CORRO BARRIENTAS, Disaster Risk Reduction
Program Coordinator, Americas-Caribbean Response
Platform (PIRAC) – Video recording of the conference
Dorothy Mwari Nkonge-Ngumbau
