On May 11 and 12, the workshop entitled “CLIMA Project” will be held at Hotel Trias in Palamós, bringing together researchers and professionals to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health, with a special focus on the analysis of excess mortality associated with extreme events such as heat waves and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among other topics, the workshop will address the geographical variability of excess mortality in Catalonia, the impact of extreme heat and its interaction with air pollution, as well as new spatiotemporal approaches applied to environmental epidemiology.

For more information, visit:
https://esdeveniments.udg.edu/151911/detail/workshop-lproyecto-climar.html

9:45 Welcome
Maria Antònia Barceló
Principal Investigator of the project. GRECS, Universitat de Girona

10:00 Project results
Maria Antònia Barceló, Marc Saez

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 The role of air pollution and socioeconomic variables in the relationship between extreme heat and mortality in Catalonia
Maria Antònia Barceló, Marc Saez

11:45 Heat-related infant mortality in Catalonia, Spain (2012–2022)
Marta Solans

12:30 Atlas of social and environmental determinants of health
Xavier Perafita

13:15 Lunch

15:00 Vegetation as a protective factor in the relationship between extreme heat, air pollution, and mortality
Diego Varga

15:45 Delay in the diagnosis of breast and colorectal tumors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Population-based study in the province of Girona between 2017 and 2021
Jan Trallero

16:30 Coffee break

17:00 New projects
Maria Antònia Barceló et al.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

9:45 From heat waves to air pollution: the need for integrated prevention plans
Julio Díaz

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Improving spatial efficiency in public health prevention plans for thermal extremes. Isoclimatic regions
Cristina Linares

11:45 Evolution of national temperature plans
Santiago González Muñoz

12:30 Closing session
Maria Antònia Barceló

13:15 Lunch