Jan 13 Accelerating Climate Progress with AI: From Science to Action Workshop (Irvine, CA & Virtual) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Jan. 13 – 14, 2026 This NASEM 2-day workshop will identify critical applications where AI can inform climate action at speed and scale, consider how AI’s broader societal impacts affect approaches for addressing climate change, and provide a forum for cross-sectoral dialogue.
Dec 12 Extreme Weather Events and Insurance: Insurance as Adaptation (Virtual) 7 – 8:30 a.m., Dec. 12, 2025 The final webinar in the series (Extreme Weather Events and Insurance: Insurance as Adaptation) will address insurance more broadly as a form of adaptation, and the limits to insurance in terms of spreading risk and risk reduction, its business model, and resilience for individuals and communities.
Dec 01 Extreme Weather Events and Insurance: Infrastructure, Utilities, and Who Pays (Virtual) 12:30 – 2 p.m., Dec. 1, 2025 The second event in the National Academies webinar series will focus on utilities. Speakers will explore how utilities, insurers, and communities approach risk management, financing, and adaptation. The session will also examine how shared and conflicting narratives about extreme weather events and resilience influence how interested parties make decisions around these issues.
Dec 05 European Funding Opportunities in Health Care for the USA and Canada (Virtual) 9 – 10 a.m., Dec. 5, 2025 This webinar is organized by AD’OCC (trade Agency of the Occitanie Region), the Maison de l’Occitanie in New York, Eurobiomed, and Biocom California (Clusters).
Feb 17 2026 Arizona Rural and Public Health Policy Forum (Phoenix) 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., Feb. 17 – 22, 2026 This annual Forum presented by the University of Arizona Center for Rural Health focuses on issues of the day that are affecting the health of rural Arizonans.
Nov 11 Global Coalition of Academies of Medicine for COP30 Climate & Health Action (Virtual) 6 – 8:30 a.m., Nov. 11, 2025 This webinar will feature representatives from national academies who will discuss their support for the COP30 Belém Health Action Plan and provide insights into their institutions’ climate and health initiatives.
Nov 14 Resilient Care, Resilient Communities: Climate Solutions in Healthcare & Public Health Systems (Virtual) 1 – 2 p.m., Nov. 14, 2025 In this final session in the Climate & Health Webinar series, Dr. Julian Watkins and Lilliana DeSantiago Cardenas will engage in a thoughtful discussion about equitable climate solutions within healthcare and public health.
Oct 03 Extreme Events, Insurance and Resilience Meeting (Virtual) 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 3, 2025 This NASEM-hosted meeting will bring together scientific and industry perspectives to examine extreme weather events and their impacts and to explore pathways toward sustainable, equitable solutions.
Nov 10 Harvesting under Heat: Protecting Outdoor Workers in a Changing Climate (Belém, Pará, Brazil & Virtual) 7 – 8:30 a.m., Nov. 10, 2025 This event will spotlight the urgent need for cross-sector collaboration to mitigate the health impacts of extreme heat, drawing on scientific research, corporate innovation, and frontline advocacy.
Feb 28 Our Planet, Our Health (Arlington, VA & Virtual) 5 – 9 a.m., Feb. 28 – March 3, 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention will convene health professionals, researchers, community leaders, and policy experts to tackle one of the most urgent issues of our time: the growing impact of climate change on health. Hosted by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, this event will take place both in-person and virtually from March 1-2, 2026, with an optional pre-convention partner day on February 28 and educational visits to Congress on March 3.