BBSRC | Climate Change Bites: How disease-spreading bugs will impact our health and food security @bbsrcmedia | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
In Oct 2021, BBSRC hosted Climate Change Bites, a UN Climate Change Conference digital event bringing together experts in vector biology & vector-borne diseases ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow. It was a joint discussion of a One Health approach to understand, predict and respond to the threat posed by vector borne diseases, which could have major effects on the resilience of our food supply and health as climate change progresses.
Vector-borne diseases are diseases spread by insects and ticks. They can affect humans, plants and animals, and include headline-hitting diseases such as malaria, dengue, bluetongue, Zika and Xylella fastidiosa.
Running order
00:00 Introduction: Victoria Gill, BBC
6:35 Prof Gary Foster, University of Liverpool. “Climate change changes the distribution of vectors of plant viruses: Plant viruses kill plants, no plants no food, no food big problem”
18:33 Dr Bethan Purse, UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology. “Climate change and vector-borne disease: Ecology, ecosystems, vulnerability and adaption”
34:13 Dr Rachel Lowe, LSHTM. “Modeling the impacts of climate change on vector-borne disease transmission”
42:50 Dr Raman Velayudhan, World Health Organisation “Global threat of vector-borne disease in a changing environment”
57:23 Dr Tianna Brand , World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) “The latest buzz on vector-borne disease in animals – a global overview from the OIE”
1:13:42 Panel discussion
See more COP26 events on the virtual UKRI COP26 event site:
whova.com/web/cop_202111/Agenda
Find out more about the research and innovation that's working to understand and tackle climate change:
ukri.org/our-work/responding-to-climate-change/ukri-towards-cop26
#COP26
In Oct 2021, BBSRC hosted Climate Change Bites, a UN Climate Change Conference digital event bringing together experts in vector biology & vector-borne diseases ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow. It was a joint discussion of a One Health approach to understand, predict and respond to the threat posed by vector borne diseases, which could have major effects on the resilience of our food supply and health as climate change progresses.
Vector-borne diseases are diseases spread by insects and ticks. They can affect humans, plants and animals, and include headline-hitting diseases such as malaria, dengue, bluetongue, Zika and Xylella fastidiosa.
Running order
00:00 Introduction: Victoria Gill, BBC
6:35 Prof Gary Foster, University of Liverpool. “Climate change changes the distribution of vectors of plant viruses: Plant viruses kill plants, no plants no food, no food big problem”
18:33 Dr Bethan Purse, UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology. “Climate change and vector-borne disease: Ecology, ecosystems, vulnerability and adaption”
34:13 Dr Rachel Lowe, LSHTM. “Modeling the impacts of climate change on vector-borne disease transmission”
42:50 Dr Raman Velayudhan, World Health Organisation “Global threat of vector-borne disease in a changing environment”
57:23 Dr Tianna Brand , World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) “The latest buzz on vector-borne disease in animals – a global overview from the OIE”
1:13:42 Panel discussion
See more COP26 events on the virtual UKRI COP26 event site:
whova.com/web/cop_202111/Agenda
Find out more about the research and innovation that's working to understand and tackle climate change:
ukri.org/our-work/responding-to-climate-change/ukri-towards-cop26
#COP26
