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Our vision is a world in which global heating does not harm health in the communities it affects most. 

Climate and Health Team | Wellcome

Climate and Health Team

Alan leads the Climate and Health team in the delivery of Wellcome’s strategy in this new challenge area.

Director of Climate and Health

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Alan Dangour

Before joining Wellcome in January 2020, Max worked in the charity sector and NHS.

Team Coordinator

Max Turnpenny

Before joining the Climate &amp; Health team, Irini worked with Wellcome's International Operations and Research Ecosystems in the Africa and Asia priority area. She has worked in the NGO sector and has a masters from LSE in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies.

Research Manager, Field Building

Irini Pantelidou

Graduate Trainee

Cathy Guest

Madeleine has over 25 years of research experience focused on large-scale, climate-sensitive, health interventions in Low- and Middle-income Countries.

Head of Climate Impacts

Madeleine Thomson

Senior Research Manager, Climate Impacts

Reetika Suri

Prior to joining Wellcome, Ben worked in the Climate Services and Capacity Building Unit at the United Nations Environment Programme and was a consultant on a range of climate and sustainable development programmes funded by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID, and European Investment Bank. He has an MSc in Environment, Politics &amp; Society from UCL.

Research Manager, Climate Impacts

Ben Ryder

Modi is Head of Interventions for Climate and Health at the Wellcome Trust, where she is leading the programme of research to advance science-based solutions for climate change and health.

Head of Interventions, Climate and Health

Modi Mwatsama

Senior Research Manager, Interventions

Rachael Taylor

Wellcome is supporting research and science-based solutions for taking on the urgent climate change crisis.

Climate and health | What we do | Wellcome

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Our Planet, Our Health grants awarded

Reports

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News

Climate change is a global health problem already impacting millions of people around the world. Here’s what you need to know. 

How climate affects health | News | Wellcome

Explained: How climate affects health 

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Tears of Drought

From food security to the spread of infectious diseases, our health is intertwined with the planet’s. We outline some of the damaging effects of climate change on health and why climate action cannot ignore the growing evidence.

Four reasons why health must be at the heart of climate action | News | Wellcome

Four reasons why health must be at the heart of climate action

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Damaging effects of changing rainfall patterns on corn crops in India

Alan Dangour, Wellcome’s Director of Climate and Health, shares key insights on climate change and health from the latest IPCC report.