Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Paul Mitchell, Save the Children (Part 2)

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Welcome to the second part of our insights from the Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Climate, Health and International Development Seminar.
The seminar explored the impacts of climate change and health, its relevance to health policy and programming in the Australian aid program, and how to build climate adaptation into health programs throughout the aid cycle, from concept and design, to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It was supported by the Specialist Health Service (SHS).
In Part One of this two-part series, we heard from Professor Kathryn Bowen from the University of Melbourne, who presented on climate change and impacts on health in our region.
Today, we bring you insights from Paul Mitchell, Save the Children’s Principal Climate Change Adviser. Paul is the lead technical advisor for Save the Children’s engagement with global climate funds, including the Green Climate Fund, providing high level technical advice, oversight and quality control for all proposals. He also provides strategic leadership on technical issues related to Save the Children’s climate change programming across sectors, with a particular focus on child-centred approaches, community-based and locally led adaptation; capacity building and development/strengthening of systems and governance processes for adaptation at all levels. Previously, Paul managed the Australian aid program's International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. With nearly 20 years of experience in climate change and development, Paul has developed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated adaptation projects and strategies at local, national and regional scales across the Pacific, South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.

You can access the slides from Paul’s presentation here.
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