Stakeholder engagement is always challenging, mainly in the scope of Innovation Projects, however, it is crucial for successfully delivering project results. According to Kijala et al (2022) “the research on stakeholder engagement has gained increasing attention in the 2000s”, and I truly believe that the best is yet to come.
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The SigmaPhi 2023 conference held in Chania, Crete, witnessed an impressive presentation by Suzana Blesic on behalf of CLIMOS, shedding light on the complex relationship between climate and vector-borne diseases.
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The Climate-Health Cluster, composed by BlueAdapt, CATALYSE, CLIMOS, HIGH Horizons, IDAlert and TRIGGER will have a joint session called “Health Impacts of Climate Change: a way forward with the Climate-Health Cluster”, chaired by Raman Preet, that will take place on the Main Room, B1-2, between 15:30 and 16:45 CET.
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On the 27th of June 2023 Suzana Blesic and Nils Hempelmann rocked at the OGC Data week that took place at Leipzig, Germany, presenting the CLIMOS project.
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Our coordinator, Carla Maia, attended the European Veterinary Parasitology Collegue presenting the CLIMOS poster “Providing a better knowledge and comprehension of climate and environmental drivers of sand fly-borne diseases – the CLIMOS project”
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Early-warning for surveillance and sandfly-borne disease-related risks forecast is one of the main goals for CLIMOS. These insects (phlebotomine sand flies), transmission vectors for diseases such as leishmaniasis, were mainly found around Mediterranean Europe, but displacement towards Northern parts of that geographical area have been documented in recent times.
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CLIMOS project, represented by Vladan Gligorijević from CubexLab partner, was disseminated and presented on the biggest innovation and tech event in Europe – VivaTech that took place from 14-17.06.2023 in Paris, France.
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CLIMOS researchers Luis Samaniego and Suzana Blesic were present at the European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2023 from 23 to 28 of April 2023, in Vienna, Austria. The EGU General Assembly 2023 brought together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences.
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World Environment Day, celebrated annually on 5 June, is a global initiative that brings together individuals, businesses, governments, and organisations to raise awareness and act on pressing environmental issues. The EU funded projects BCOMING, TRIGGER, CLIMOS, IDAlert and BEPREP will run a social media campaign to raise awareness of the potential risks plastic pollution poses for infectious diseases – its spread and occurrences.
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For a long time, people have known that our natural environment and climate affects the spread of disease. Before germ theory, western medicine blamed damp, bad air for generating diseases like smallpox and plague. Wetness and heat, coldness and dryness and the balance between them were the source of all ills. With advancements in medicine, technology and research, we now understand that weather doesn’t create disease out of thin air, but does have a crucial role in their spread.
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