Webinar summary
PROVIDE jointly organises a webinar with the Asian Institute of Technology.
It will explore urban heat risks in south Asia, including discussion of health implications, adaptation challenges, and tools which offer data on such work, namely the PROVIDE Climate risk dashboard. Participants will learn about the Climate risk dashboard, a dynamic tool providing information on Climate overshoot risks including urban heat projections for adaptation relevant use, as well as how it was made and the replicability of its approach.
Islamabad’s case study, included in the dashboard, will be presented, along with other academic work on the health effects of extreme heat, and future further research needs.
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Carl Friedrich-Schleussner, HU / IIASA
Dr. Mariam Saleh Khan, WCS
Dr. Fahad Saeed, CA
Dr. Niels Souverijns, VITO
Prof. Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal, AIT
Audience
Academic, scientific, and practitioners in the adaptation field, particularly with relevance to urban heat in Asia, are a primary audience for this webinar
Webinar objectives
1. Enhance capacity to use the climate risk dashboard and interpret scientific information for recognition of critical thresholds for adaptation
2. Highlight the importance of further work on urban heat in South Asia, in relation to health and science-based adaptation
3. Discuss future work needed in relation to climate overshoot and urban heat
When
Friday, 28 November 2024,12:00-13:00 CET / 16:00-17:00 PKT / 18:00-19:00 ICT
Where
Online webinar, Zoom
Agenda (CET)
12:00-12:05
Intro to the PROVIDE Climate risk dashboard
Opening to the session before short introductions to PROVIDE, the Climate risk dashboard’s “future impacts”, “avoid impacts” and “adaptation” module functionalities/resources, and publicly available tutorials.
12:05-12:25
Creation of the Climate risk dashboard
Background into the modelling, particularly the reversal of the impact chain displayed in “Avoid impacts” and urban modelling. The replicability of other urban level studies will be mentioned, as recent urban heat projections have also been modelled in India by VITO.
12:25-12:35
Islamabad PROVIDE case study
An illustration of the process of the Islamabad case study, one of four global case studies in PROVIDE, with note of the importance of heat impacts in the region and replicability of case studies. Case study findings are highlighted on the Adaptation page.
12:35-12:50
Heat impacts in South Asia
A presentation of recent scientific work looking into health impacts of intense heat in Pakistan, tying into the importance of the topic in south Asian urban contexts.
12:50-13:00
Closing
Statement is made on future climate overshoot work and needs for science-informed adaptation, as well as other interests and related work ongoing, from the principal investigator of PROVIDE and the event moderator. Resources and relevant contacts for the Climate risk dashboard will be highlighted.
The event is co-organised in co-operation with the Asian Institute of Technology.