date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:29:04 +0100 from: Tim Mitchell subject: FW: Workshop invited speakers to: Mike Hulme Mike, Any opinions? Tim ------ Forwarded Message From: "Sari Kovats" Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 17:27:49 +0100 To: "Paul Wilkinson" , , Cc: "Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum" Subject: Re: Workshop invited speakers Dear Tim and Mike It is actually very difficult to think of someone outside LSHTM and a health rather than climate person. I do consider it very important that the following people should be invited from LSHTM Clive Davies – vector borne diseases, mapping and modelling Katrin Kuhn - vector borne diseases, mapping and modelling –has just done some very good work on modelling the impact of climate change on malaria in Europe. She could present this. Menno Bouma – cholera and malaria and climate. David Bradley – always a star! For the thermal heat/cold topic – although several groups are working on this, they are competitors rather than potential collaborators. My thoughts on potential sessions which could address the following 1) health and IAM/global modelling – Pim can talk about how health should be integrated into IAM – which is provocative to some people. 2) Mapping climate factors for malaria and other vector borne disease –i.e. the technical approaches to modelling...given teh post rogers critiques.. Katrin Kuhn/Clive Davies 3) Methods of quantifying the health impacts of climate change – WHO Global Burden of Disease – Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, [Guidelines for national assessments..me ] 4) Climate change impacts in developing countries – urban and rural populations/ water related diseases Sandy Cairncross. 5) “Adaptation indicators – work of Nick, Graham etc.. The real problem, as I see it is to get some research done in developing countries. Prof. Sandy Cairncross works on diarrheal disease and other water related diseases – he is an excellent contributor and wonderful person. It would be great if he could come along.. he would help identify datasets and other things.. Non-epidemiologists/vector biologists that would be interesting would include  Ference Toth is trying to put health into IAM, and presented at Snowmass. So is Richard Tol but he can be difficult.  Roger Few - works on vulnerability to flooding and approached me after the Adaptation Workshop last October. Is Neil Adger coming along? If you want someone provocative then there is of course, the Oxford Group. On reflection, I think that David Rogers would be more obstructive than constructive. Simon Hay is quieter in person – however, we are generally familiar with this arguments and I doubt repetition of the debate would take the science forward. I would also like to suggest inviting Dr Bettina Menne from WHO Rome – who has a good overview – especially regarding the policy and adaptation perspective. She is coordinating the CCASHH project. Sorry not be more help – there are very few of us out there. However, if your budget runs to the US/Australian scientists – let me know. I also think we should be looking at quantifying the health benefits of mitigation policies – which is covered by the air pollution folks – e.g. Paul and Ben. Hope this helps.. best wishes sari ******************* Sari Kovats Research Fellow Centre on Global Change and Health Dept of Epidemiology and Population Health London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel St London WC1E 7HT tel: +44 20 7927 2962 (new phone number) fax: +44 20 7580 6897 sari.kovats@lshtm.ac.uk >>> Tim Mitchell 09/03/02 18:02 PM >>> Sari, As part of the climate-health workshop on 16/17 October, we are trying to get some leading researchers from outside the co-op to participate. We will ask them to provide some stimulating thoughts on how to take forward the whole climate-health area, to help us in our thinking. We have already nominated two individuals from here (Pim Martens, Steve Lindsay). I have been trying to get two nominees from Paul, but without any success. Since we need to get the invitations out ASAP, I am now approaching you, and asking you whether you know of any suitable individuals who might be willing to come...! Answers in an email within 24 hours please! Sorry for he short notice... Tim ____________________________________ Dr. Tim Mitchell Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research email: t.mitchell@uea.ac.uk web: www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timm/ phone: +44 (0)1603 59 3904 fax: +44 (0)1603 59 3901 post: Tyndall, ENV, UEA, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK ____________________________________ ------ End of Forwarded Message