GET undertook and successfully completed the development of the Observatory‘s website on the topic “Climate Change and Health”, for the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
The Observatory “Climate Change and Health” of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, aims to monitor over time the effects of Climate Change on Health both for the present and for future periods, in relation to climate model estimates for the evolution of the phenomenon. It is the first relevant interdepartmental and interdisciplinary Observatory in Greece. The website provides:
- useful information on Climate Change and Health,
- Tips for the protection from exposure to high temperatures but also in case of fire,
- Proposed Actions for citizens in order to make choices to protect the environment and mitigate the effects of climate change
- Three tools, namely: the Health Data Presentation Application presenting a map of Greece with results on the number of attributable deaths and hospital admissions during extreme weather events such as heat waves and forest fires for the different periods under various climatic scenarios for temperature levels, the Thermal Risk Visualization Application where the user can obtain information and data on the effects of Thermal Risk in GIS environment, as well as the Forecasting Tools developed in the framework of the European programs EXHAUSTION and Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation, where information is provided on current and future estimated levels of air pollutant concentrations, as well as forecasts for thermal index and fire danger in different cities.
The Observatory at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is supported by Members of Initiative ’21. The “Initiative ’21” was established in 2018, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, by the most important Public Benefit Foundations in the country and the National Bank of Greece and organized a series of actions in Greece and abroad, in collaboration with scientific, academic and social institutions. The aim of the Initiative for the coming years is the issue of Climate Change and the Environment.
