Event

Scaling Impact: Climate & Health Solutions That Drive Change

May 21, 2025

09:00 - 10:30

Geneva Health Forum at World Health Assembly 2025

Presentation

Climate change is already reshaping the world’s health landscape. This session brings together leading actors to move beyond discussion and into action, showcasing concrete solutions from the field and highlighting urgent challenges that demand collective response. As the World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva, this session aims to build momentum by connecting communities of practice and sparking collaboration.

Through storytelling, real-world cases, and a commitment tree to foster ongoing partnerships, we invite you to help scale what works and co-create the future of climate-resilient health systems.

Speakers

Stephen Cornish


General Director
Médecins Sans Frontières
Switzerland

Taraneh Shojaei


Senior advisor One Health
World Health Organization
Switzerland

Benoît Miribel


Secretary General
One Sustainable Health for All Foundation
France

Elena Villalobos Prats


Capacity Building and Country Support Lead
Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), World Health Organization
Switzerland

Rafael Ruiz de Castaneda


leader of the One Health Unit
Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva
Switzerland

Alexandre Robert


Planetary health nurse
Climate Action Accelerator
Switzerland

Monique Wasunna


DNDi Africa Ambassador
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
Kenya

Jean-Claude Baraka Munyaka


Scientist
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
Switzerland

Sara Imbach


Program / Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières
Switzerland

Lourdes Sanchez Aparicio


Climate and Health adviser
UNITAID
Switzerland

Crédit photo : Flore Pratolini

Organizers

Event

Scaling Impact: Climate & Health Solutions That Drive Change