Freiburg Environmental Talks

Climate change is making our cities sweat more and more. This is detrimental to our health. The more streets, squares and houses and the fewer windbreaks and green spaces, the more heat is stored. This is particularly noticeable for residents. What can cities do about it? This will be the topic of the next Freiburg Environmental Talks "Climate Change and Health: Living with the Heat" on Tuesday, May 20, at 7 pm. At the Jazzhaus, experts will show what ways there are to protect the population. The event is a cooperation with the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University campus Freiburg. Admission is free.

The first lecture will focus on the consequences of heat for our health. Not only can it reduce performance, it can also cause serious illnesses and, in the worst case, even be fatal. Andreas Matzarakis from the University campus Freiburg and the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) will show how heat warning systems and action plans can help to reduce these risks.

In the second lecture, medical educator Julia Schoierer from the Global Environmental Health and Climate Change working group at LMU Munich Hospital will talk about the task of raising awareness of heat protection among as many people as possible. She will show how local authorities can reach at-risk groups in the population with important health information - for example, where they live, work or play sport. Heiner Schanz, Head of the Professorship
for Environmental Governance at the University campus Freiburg, will give the welcome address at the event. Anne Hillenbach from the Energy Agency Regio Freiburg will moderate the event. The presentations will be followed by a short discussion round.

The Freiburg Environmental Talks are aimed at interested citizens, especially students. The aim of the series of events is to communicate complex environmental issues and current information on global climate change in an easily understandable way.