Upcoming events
Healthy City Design
From the programme: Around the world, new agendas are emerging with a renewed focus on the wider determinants of health that are embedded in our urban plans, communities, major infrastructure and the built environment. This perspective is vital to embracing a whole-system approach to urban health and health inequalities. In the UK, the new Government has announced a ten-year plan to “fix the NHS”, centred on three important transitions. All three play directly into the wider healthy city agenda, which advocates for compact neighbourhoods with care services closer to home, smart city integration, and the design of the urban realm as an enabler of healthier lives and choices.
moving health services from hospital to the community;
shifting systems from analogue to digital;
and refocusing from treating sickness to health prevention.
21st International Conference on Urban Health
Healthy Cities, Resilient Futures: Weaving Climate Action, Equity, and Wellbeing from the Pacific to the World
The theme for ICUH 2025 sets the stage for a transformative dialogue on the future of urban health.
The 21st edition of the ICUH will focus on amplifying perspectives from across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, while further fostering a global exchange of ideas. Together, we will explore how to build healthier, more resilient cities that prioritize equity, sustainability, and well-being for all.
From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience Summit
From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience Summit
A Climate Resilience Summit jointly organized by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences (part of a series of events)
The Climate Crisis is upon us. It will get worse over the next few decades as planetary heating shoots past 1.5C by early 2030s. We no longer have the luxury of relying just on mitigation of emissions. We need to embark on building climate resilience so that people can bend the emissions curve and bounce back from the climate crisis safer, healthier, wealthier to a sustainable world.
WHO Urban Health Capacity Assessment and Response
From WHO webpage: “WHO has developed an Urban health capacities assessment and response resource kit that equips multi-sectoral teams to assess whether a given initiative can meet its goals in a complex urban environment. It helps answer a critical question: Do we have the right capacities in place to achieve our objectives that influence urban health —whether directly or indirectly?”
International Urban Health Summit
At the IUHS 2025 Experts will discuss solutions to promote urban health, with a focus on urbanisation trends, the role of national academies and the exchange of ideas from various research areas to improve the quality of life in cities at the International Urban Health Summit 2025 in Hanover from 9 to 11 April 2025.