Dear colleagues,

The Urban Public Health section are pleased to announce that we are joining forces with the Environment and Health section, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the ENBEL project (Enhancing Belmont Research Action to support EU policy making on climate change and health) to host a webinar on how climate change affects our health on day 3 of European Public Health Week, Wednesday 18th May at 09:00 CEST. This joint event by EUPHA, HEAL and ENBEL will officially kick off the theme of the third day of the European Public Health Week. Climate change threatens the basic elements of life such as access to clean air, water, food and shelter - and with that human health. According to the WHO, climate change is the greatest threat to human health in the 21st century. But it could also be the greatest global health opportunity.

This interactive event includes presentations by HEAL, ENBEL and the EUPHA sections on Environment and Health and Urban Public Health. Speakers will be:

• Marija Jevtic (EUPHA ENV)
• Andrea Rebecchi (EUPHA URB)
• Anne Stauffer (HEAL)

The event will be hosted on Zoom and details about the event can be found here.

We will also be celebrating European Public Health Week with a number of online interactive activities throughout the week of 16th May, so please follow our Twitter account @EUPHA_UPH<https://twitter.com/eupha_uph> if you don't already. We will also share further details in advance of the week.

10th International Festival of Public Health

The Urban Public Health section will also be partnering with the 10th International Festival of Public Health, to be hosted at The University of Manchester and online on Thursday July 21st. The conference has two main themes, with Urban Health being one of them. If you are interested in being a part of the EUPHA Urban Public Health section session at the Festival, please submit an abstract at http://www.festivalofpublichealth.co.uk/abstractsubmission/ and select "urban health" as the abstract category. Dedicated urban health keynote speakers at the event include:

• Professor Jo Boufford, Clinical Professor of Global Health, New York University and Chair of the International Society of Urban Health
• Dr Remy Sietchiping, Chief of Policy, Legislation and Governance, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
• Dr Yonette Thomas, Chief Executive, UrbanHealth360

Other keynote speakers are:

• Professor Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (*via live video)
• Dr Gail Dines, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Wheelock College Boston
• Dr Cherian Varghese, Cross Cutting Lead for NCD and Special Initiatives, World Health Organization
• Dr Adrienne Barnett, Senior Lecturer in Law, Brunel University London
• Dr Emma Katz, Senior Lecturer in Childhood & Youth, Liverpool Hope University

We look forward to interacting with you more over European Public Health Week and at the Festival.

Kind regards,

The Urban Public Health section of EUPHA