Penn Dental Medicine to Advance Discussion on Climate Action During COP29
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine is advancing the discussion on global oral health and climate action, presenting the 3rd Global Oral Health and Climate Action Conference — Delivering Oral Health for People, Planet, Peace and Prosperity in conjunction with the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, being held November, 11-22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Conference – a live webcast – will be presented on November 18, as part of the COP 29 Thematic Days for Human Capital/Children and Youth/Health/Education.
“COP 29 provides a forum for global dentistry to come together and prepare for the complex challenges that many colleagues are currently facing and experiencing around the world,” says Dr. Julian Fisher, Director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies within Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health. “Our Conference brings together a diverse and inclusive range of speakers to have meaningful discussions on the impact of climate change and what this means for population oral health, dental services and the provision of oral healthcare. The aim is to begin setting out an agenda as well as strategies for safeguarding planetary health and taking climate action.”
A representative from the Ministry of Health for Azerbaijan will open the Conference, which will include ten sessions featuring global leaders across education, research, practice, and industry. A portion of the program will be a discussion on preparations for COP30, which will be held in Belém do Pará, Brazil in November 2025.