Join an expert international panel, in-person or online, to launch the Young Lives Hub on Climate Change and Environmental Shocks. This event will showcase the power of matching environmental data to longitudinal cohort studies, to investigate the long-term and inter-generational impacts of extreme weather events on vulnerable young people in the Global South.
Speakers:
Marta Favara, Director of Young Lives
Welcome and overview of event; Introduction to the Young Lives Hub on Climate Change and Environmental Shocks and evidence to date from Young Lives
Neven Fuckar, University of Oxford
Overview of environmental data currently available (e.g. rainfall, temperature and air pollution data) and showcasing the power of matching environmental data with longitudinal and household survey data.
Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania
Presenting own research on the impact of rising/extreme temperatures on human capital. He will highlight how better availability of longitudinal data would have/could strengthen the key evidence emerging from his research.
Kath Ford, Young Lives Deputy Director and Head of Policy and Partnerships
Informal panel discussion reflecting on the impact of the Hub for:
- informing policies and programmes relating to achievement of the SDGs and climate adaptation strategies and
- capacity building and supporting the next generation of researchers in the Global South.
Along with panel discussants: TBC
This panel event is free and open to all. Book now!
There may be a photographer and/or videographer at the event; if you do not wish to be included in the photographs or video footage, please make the photographer or videographer aware at the event.
This event is part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, as part of the Oxford Local Programme of events themed around climate change, human rights, and climate justice.
Join an expert international panel, in-person or online, to launch the Young Lives Hub on Climate Change and Environmental Shocks. This event will showcase the power of matching environmental data to longitudinal cohort studies, to investigate the long-term and inter-generational impacts of extreme weather events on vulnerable young people in the Global South.
Speakers:
Marta Favara, Director of Young Lives
Welcome and overview of event; Introduction to the Young Lives Hub on Climate Change and Environmental Shocks and evidence to date from Young Lives
Neven Fuckar, University of Oxford
Overview of environmental data currently available (e.g. rainfall, temperature and air pollution data) and showcasing the power of matching environmental data with longitudinal and household survey data.
Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania
Presenting own research on the impact of rising/extreme temperatures on human capital. He will highlight how better availability of longitudinal data would have/could strengthen the key evidence emerging from his research.
Kath Ford, Young Lives Deputy Director and Head of Policy and Partnerships
Informal panel discussion reflecting on the impact of the Hub for:
- informing policies and programmes relating to achievement of the SDGs and climate adaptation strategies and
- capacity building and supporting the next generation of researchers in the Global South.
Along with panel discussants: TBC
This panel event is free and open to all. Book now!
There may be a photographer and/or videographer at the event; if you do not wish to be included in the photographs or video footage, please make the photographer or videographer aware at the event.
This event is part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, as part of the Oxford Local Programme of events themed around climate change, human rights, and climate justice.