Planning Meeting for the 2nd International Forum on Environment and Health in 2018 Concluded Successfully

On November 29th, in partnership with Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing co-hosted a close-door workshop on Environment and Health, which was also the planning meeting for the 2nd International Forum on Environmental Health in 2018. The main purpose of this workshop and the International Forum  in 2018 is to translate the latest scientific evidence and lessons learned to further opportunities for policy change and public health advancements.

With the discussion and contribution of international and local experts from Columbia, Peking Univeristy, Tsinghua University, World Health Organization in China, US National Cancer Institute, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, World Resources Institute China, US Embassy in Beijing and many other  Universities, this workshop has laid the ground work for the International Forum on Environment and  Health to be held in Beijing in 2018.

The workshop  were  moderated by Dr. Deliang Tang, , Professor of Mailman School and Dr. Frederica P. Perera, director of Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health. Invited experts made presentations on the topic of health impacts of fossil fuel emission and air pollution on children, national policy of environmental health, climate change and health situation, surveillance and research program related in China, the health and economic benefits of policies/interventions within the context of China and worldwide and others. Experts also discussed from different angles about impacts of air pollution in pregnant women, children and other vulnerable populations and the co-benefits in terms of mitigation of climate change from policies that reduce air pollution, and more specific areas concerning the health effects of air pollutants from fossil fuel combustion, their economic costs, and government policies that are effective in reducing these risks. The workshop concluded after intense brainstorming, leading to great achievements and academic inspirations, which fulfilled the  purposes of this workshop table.