Vital Signs: Climate × Health — Empowering Youth to Build Healthier, Climate-Resilient Communities

Vital Signs: Climate × Health is an interactive workshop that brings together youth leaders, health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and civil society to explore one of the defining challenges of our time: the intersection of climate change and human health. Climate change is already affecting every dimension of health—from air quality, food security, and water access to infectious diseases, mental health, and health equity. Yet young people remain underrepresented in conversations on climate-health policy despite being among those most affected and best positioned to drive innovative, community-based solutions. Through expert insights, frontline stories, and collaborative design activities, participants will examine real-world climate-health challenges, exchange experiences across regions, and co-create practical solutions that can be adapted within their own communities. The workshop will also introduce Vital Signs: Climate × Health, a global youth initiative that combines capacity building, community action, leadership development, and policy engagement to empower the next generation of climate and health leaders. Participants will leave with practical tools, new partnerships, and clear pathways to translate learning into action, contributing to healthier, more resilient, and more equitable communities worldwide.