A.2. Skills building seminar: Six months, one move: SDG and climate health action across the European public health community
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Background Climate change, linked with multiple SDGs, remains the defining public health challenge of our time. Translating global commitments into concrete institutional actions—where curricula are shaped, workplaces organised, and partnerships formed—requires practical, shared methods. Public health professionals across career stages are well placed to test such actions but often lack structured support, peer accountability, and short feedback loops to learn what truly works. Objectives (i) Enable participants to identify one feasible SDG-linked climate or sustainability action in their own institution within 90–180 days, grouped under four clusters: education and training, workplace practice, communication and awareness, coalition or advocacy.(ii) Use a guided “action brief” template to specify the goal, indicator, and confidence rating (1–5).(iii) Form a cross-European peer cohort for mutual support, documentation, and a short online follow-up after six months, leading to a shared report for EPH 2027 in Serbia. Added value This workshop introduces a realistic, evidence-generating approach for embedding the SDGs and climate priorities into institutional behaviour. It promotes replicable peer learning and produces short-term, practice-based evidence on barriers and enablers of sustainability transitions. The cohort’s outcomes will feed into ASPHER, EUPHA, WHO Europe, and other networks, enabling the European public health workforce to exchange tested micro-actions that scale up. Coherence Presentations and exercises align through one shared aim to move from awareness to institutional practice. The workshop links short pledges, hands-on design, and peer feedback, ensuring that learning continues beyond the session. Presenters will illustrate successful SDG actions in different institutional contexts before the group develops its own pledges, ensuring a natural flow from evidence to application. Format The 60‑minute session includes: • Framing the climate‑SDG action gap and outlining the cohort idea (10 min) • Guided drafting of action briefs across the four clusters (20 min) • Small‑group peer exchange and feasibility review (15 min) • Cohort onboarding, next steps, and follow‑up plan (10 min) • Closing highlights and participant commitments (5 min)This interactive format builds participants’ skills to turn SDG principles into daily organisational practice and lays the foundation for follow‑up at EPH 2027, contributing to the conference theme Beyond borders, beyond divides. Key messages • Equip participants with simple, structured tools to act on climate and SDG goals within their institutions. • Build a peer‑learning cohort to track and share practical sustainability actions through to EPH 2027. Speakers/Panellists Marie Nabbe HOPE - European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, Etterbeek, Belgium Karl F Conyard University College Dublin, ASPHER, RCSI FNM, Belfield, Ireland Marie Nabbe HOPE - European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, Etterbeek, Belgium
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,181
OpenAlex ID: W7223707614