Public Health Wales (PHW) is coordinating the development of a Climate Change and Public Health Research and Evidence Network in Wales.
This network will bring together stakeholders from Welsh Government, NHS Wales, academia, the third sector and others, including experts by experience. While the network will be shaped by its members our aims will be to strengthen research for public health, identify evidence gaps, and support collaboration across sectors.
As a first step, PHW are seeking academics who are undertaking research in climate change which has an impact on public health to join the network, with opportunities to share your work at our launch event on November 27, 2025; and at future knowledge exchange sessions.
For the launch PHW are particularly interested in public health and health inequalities in the research areas of extreme heat and emergency preparedness; climate modelling and surveillance; and the built environment. However, anticipate additional priority areas will be discussed at future meetings.
PHW would be grateful if you could please complete this short questionnaire indicating your areas of research, particularly those which fit with the above priorities, by Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
More details will follow about the launch in due course but in the meantime, if you have any thoughts about the network, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with via email: julie.peconi@nhs.wales.uk
PHW want to ensure that the network is inclusive so please also free to circulate this opportunity widely to colleagues.
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