Aina Roca-Barceló, PhD
@AinaRocaB
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Climate Adaptation Specialist @MSF. PhD on heat-health impacts @ImperialCollege. Member of @ISEE_global policy committee & European Chapter. She/her.
Joined March 2018
🚨ALERTA🚨 La DANA seguira presente durante la siguiente semana. Todos a seguir las recomendaciones de @AEMET_Esp para evitar mas danos.
Vamos a lanzar un mensaje muy claro y lo vamos a dejar fijado. La emergencia meteorológica no ha finalizado. La dana sigue sobre España. Se están produciendo tormentas muy intensas, ayer en Andalucía, hoy en Castellón. Vamos a seguir así gran parte de la semana.
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[3/3] We also propose a 3-pillar response for MSF: 1️⃣ Cut environmental footprint 2️⃣ Adapt healthcare & emergency response 3️⃣ Advocate for impacted communities
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The latest @LancetCountdown report on health & climate change is here. We need less money on fossil fuels and more on building a sustainable, healthy way of living. Change is scary; but unless we embrace it we will (are already) suffer the consequences.
🆕 2024 report of the @LancetCountdown on health & climate change: records broken, action delayed. Experts call for trillions of dollars spent on fossil fuels to be redirected towards protecting people’s health, lives & livelihoods. #LancetClimate24
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RT @EoghanGilmartin: The failure of authorities to issue public warnings in time before the devastating floods in Valencia offer an example…
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🥳GOOD NEWS! @WHO Health Assembly puts #climatechange as 1 of 6 pillars and "Early Warning Systems" + "Investments in #Adaptation & #Mitigation" as key recommendations Read here:
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🥵2024 Northern Hemisphere #heat season one of the most severe yet experienced, with communtiies already baking across Asia, the Middle East, and now North America and Europe. 👉Read more here on impacts and how to prepare:
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RT @MSF_Sudan: 🔴 Breaking: On Saturday, MSF and the Ministry of Health suspended all activities in South Hospital, Al Fasher, North Darfur…
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Excited to be sharing some insights on what @MSF is doing to prepare and respond to heat 🥵 in changing climate at the @MSF_Crash conference on heatwaves in Paris tomorrow! 🔊Tune in tomorrow at 6pmCET - Open to everyone (livestream in the link)
📢 [it's tomorrow]📢 The Crash and MSF-France's Green Team will be delighted to welcome @AinaRocaB , @LanaJWhittaker and Kévin Jean for a conference on heatwaves. The conference will also be broadcast live on the Crash website! 👉
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RT @YumingGuo007: Heatwaves are terrible. Do you know how many deaths are related to it? We estimated 153,000 deaths annually were related…
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A must read!
⚡ PUBLISHED TODAY: The 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown finds: 🌡️ Heat related deaths rising, disproportionately affecting women 🦟 Climatic suitability for infectious diseases increasing 🏭 Inadequate action to meet carbon neutrality targets
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Amazing news! @icpac_igad will be Strengthening Early Warning Systems for Anticipatory Actions in EA thanks to & @WFP 👇
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