IUSSP Webinar: Climate Change and Population Health: Emerging Evidence from Ghana
Monday, 26 October 2026 15:00–16:30 Universal Time - London - Accra [11:00 am New York (EDT) / 16:00 Paris (CET)]
Organized by the IUSSP Panel on Climate and Environmental Demography.
Climate hazards rarely act alone. What lessons can be learned?
Heat, drought, and floods shape health through interconnected pathways – from sleep, cognition, and mental health to water quality and disease. These pathways are often difficult to detect in aggregate data, and their effects can be especially pronounced in settings already facing significant environmental and health vulnerabilities. The projects featured in this webinar illustrate these connections across several country contexts: HEATSCAPE-Africa, working in Ghana and Zimbabwe, examines heat exposure and its effects on sleep, cognition and mental health; CLARITY-Africa, with work in Ghana and Rwanda, focuses on climate-related exposures, health and resilience in African urban settings; and SPRINGS, spanning Ghana, Tanzania, Romania, and Italy, examines how climate-related changes in rainfall, flooding and drought affect water quality and diarrhoeal disease. Together, these projects provide emerging evidence on how environmental hazards translate into health vulnerabilities, how these relationships vary across settings, and what this means for climate adaptation in Africa and beyond.
Join us for new findings, open questions, and a discussion of research priorities.
Speakers:
Chair: Prof Nkechi S. Owoo (University of Ghana) Discussant: Dr Jacob Tetteh (University of Ghana, CLARITY-Africa) Questions? Get in touch with Nkechi S. Owoo (nowoo@ug.edu.gh)
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