The “How” of Systems Transformation: Strategies and Levers for Health-Centered Climate Action (Part 1)

Part 1: July 25, 2025, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM EDT | 3:00 – 8:30 PM CEST
Part 2: August 5, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | 3:00 – 6:30 PM CEST
Part 3: August 6, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | 3:00 – 6:30 PM CEST

A Virtual Multi-Part Workshop Series

The U.S. National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) global expert Commission held Part 1 of its virtual public workshop on the “how” of systems transformation for health-centered climate action on July 25, 2025.

Across three parts and days, the workshop invited presentations and discussions will aim to: 

  • Identify the structural levers most critical to accelerating health-centered climate action and understand how these levers interact to drive systems transformation.
  • Examine the enabling conditions that shape the feasibility and impact of these levers across diverse country and sectoral contexts.
  • Distill real-world strategies and actions that have successfully mobilized these levers, highlighting what made them effective, who played critical roles, and under what conditions they gained traction.
  • Surface critical barriers, trade-offs, synergies, and tipping points that shape the path to systems transformation, and distill actionable, cross-sector strategies that enable decision-makers to navigate complexity, align interests, and drive scalable impact.

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Note: Parts 2-3 are scheduled for August 5-6, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT / 3:00 – 6:30 PM CEST. View Parts 2 & 3 agenda and workshop details.

Access the recording and materials from NAM’s first workshop, The “What” of Systems Transformation. 

 


Workshop Planning Committee 

  • Saugato Datta, Venn Advisors 
  • Omnia El-Omrani, Global Climate & Health Alliance  
  • Mindy Hernandez, World Resources Institute 
  • Naoko Ishii, University of Tokyo 
  • Tamer Rabie, World Bank Group 
  • Simi Thambi, FAIRR Initiative 
  • Lorraine Whitmarsh, University of Bath 
  • Catherine E. Woteki, Iowa State University 

Learn more about the NAM’s initiative on Transforming Systems for Climate & Health.


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