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Pan-African Conference on Environment, Climate Change and Health: Science to Policy

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TRACK 02:
Managing Heat Risk

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Trees, Heat, and Health: Ethnographic Evidence on Climate Change, Health Risks, and Coping Strategies among Agricultural Workers in Semi-Arid Tanzania

Speaker:

Miss Veronica Mkoji

Research Assistant
Lead Foundation

HEARTH-Kenya Project: Preliminary findings on the links between personal heat exposures, maternal–newborn health, and housing in rural Kilifi, Kenya

Speaker:

Mr Isaac Ovita

Qualitative Research Assistant
Africa International University

Too Hot to Handle? Urban Heat and Climate Resilience in Dar es Salaam

Speaker:

Mr Jacob Mogendi

Executive Director
Young Lawyers Foundation

Do trees in croplands support the heat adaptation of agricultural workers? A quasi-experimental study of natural regeneration effect on human environmental and physiological outcomes

Speaker:

Mr Leonard Kadege

Field Coordinator and Statistician
LEAD Foundation

When the Heat Rises: The Lived Realities of Climate Change in Informal Settlements

Speaker:

Mr Lindela Mjenxane

Managing Director
Beyond Expectation Environmental Project (BEEP)