I was delighted to be invited to host the inaugural Water Resilience Forum after moderating the European Commission’s stakeholder consultation day to design a Water Resilience Strategy earlier in the year. “Water is life” is a phrase that I heard repeated during the day and the stellar line up of speakers highlighted the urgency of the water crisis faced not just in Europe but around the world. The event was opened by Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a...

After years of making films about global health and mosquito borne diseases, I was pleased to be invited to moderate an important event at the European Parliament to address climate change related disease outbreaks in Europe.   Most of my documentaries on mosquito borne diseases have been filmed in the developing world so the fact that we met in the European Parliament to discuss the growing threat in Europe was significant and concerning.   MEP Andras Kulja MD convened institutions,...

In June it was good to wear my health specialism hat again to moderate the Dublin edition of HERA info Days. HERA (Health Emergency...