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Who is most at risk when temperatures rise?

How much of today’s heat-related mortality can be attributed to human activity and climate change?

And what are the diverse health impacts of a changing climate?

At this event, join us for an exploration of climate change and how it is impacting our health. °Â±ð’l±ô examine how rising temperatures affect our health, why some communities are more vulnerable than others, and what scientific studies can tell us about the human contribution to observed illness and mortality.Ìý

°Â±ð’l±ô explore the ways climate change is altering health exposures – including through heat, air pollution, infectious disease and other environmental risks. °Â±ð’l±ô consider how these impacts are measured through epidemiology, climate attribution and public health research. °Â±ð’l±ô also challenge misleading narratives that derail the discussion about climate change and health, separating evidence from speculation and helping you make sense of what the research really shows.Ìý

Our speaker, Dr Garyfalllos Konstantinoudis, lecturer at the Grantham Institute, and a member of º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Health and Climate Group, will draw on current research to explain how scientists connect climate change with real-world health outcomes. Together, ·É±ð’l±ô explore what attribution science can, and cannot, tell us, who is most at risk, and what action can protect health in a changing climate.

Our speakerÌý

Garyfallos Konstantinoudis is a lecturer at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment. He also holds an ImperiaResearch Fellowship. Prior to this, he was an Medical Research Council (MRC) Skills Development Research Fellow at the MRC Centre for Environment and Health. Dr Konstantinoudis graduated with a PhD in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Garyfallos also holds an MSc in Biostatistics at the University of Glasgow and BSc in Mathematics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Garyfallo’s research focuses on estimating the health–related burden of climate change, with a particular focus on temperature. Some of his work also includes developing methods for calculating excess mortality due to extreme events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent extremely warm summers. 

Useful to knowÌý

Our Festive Lecture is most suitable for young people in years 11 to 13 (aged between 16 and 18), but parents, carers and guardians are welcome to attend.Ìý

Larger school groups are welcome to attend and can be booked through our booking form.

You can join us from 18.00 at our main entranceÌýfor light refreshments and speak with our student ambassadors and members of staff, who will be on hand to answer your questions about studying at º£½ÇÉçÇø.Ìý

The lecture hall opens at 19.00 and the talks starts at 19.30.

The lecture will be held at the Royal Geographical Society, a short walk from our South Kensington Campus on Exhibition Road.Ìý Staff and students will be on hand to guide you to the venue.Ìý