May 21, 2025
9:00 am-10:30 am
(followed by a networking coffee)
Climate change is already reshaping the world’s health landscape. This session brings together leading actors to move beyond discussion and into action, showcasing concrete solutions from the field and highlighting urgent challenges that demand collective response. As the World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva, this session aims to build momentum by connecting communities of practice and sparking collaboration. Through storytelling, real-world cases, and a commitment tree to foster ongoing partnerships, we invite you to help scale what works and co-create the future of climate-resilient health systems.
Director-General Emeritus of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Founding Dean of Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University
Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Vice Dean, Professor Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University
Program Director of Planetary Health Alliance Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Senior One Health Scientist Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Vice President, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University
Assistant Director, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University
Director and Head of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health World Health Organization Western Pacific Region
International Editor, Head of Scholarly Comment The British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Associate Professor
Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University
Co-lead Global Health Ethics & Governance Unit World Health Organization (WHO)
Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization World Health Organization (WHO)
Associate Professor Department of Global Environmental Health, Graduate School of Medicine at University of Tokyo
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Established in 2006 by the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Geneva Health Forum (GHF) is a Swiss not-for-profit initiative that brings together a diverse range of stakeholders to discuss and address global health challenges.
The GHF plays a pivotal role in the global health landscape, as a neutral and inclusive platform, fostering dialogue and collaboration among key players in the field, including policymakers, representatives from academia, civil society, and the private sector.
Its core mission is to facilitate constructive dialogue among these global health actors, which, in turn, contributes to the improvement of health policies and access to care worldwide. The Geneva Health Forum proudly collaborates with some of the most prominent international organizations based in Geneva.
