Science communicator Harald Lesch talks with environmental physician Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann and Katja Trippel, science journalist and author, about their new book "Überhitzt".
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Topic of the BIOTOPIA event on October 30, 2021 in Schloss Nymphenburg Munich: The consequences of climate change for our health: https://www.biotopia.net/de/events/ve...

00:00 Welcome & introduction of guests (Michael John Gorman).
5:44 We need to talk! - Opening and introduction (Harald Lesch)
11:29 A book about climate and health
15:49 Climate change and allergies
22:20 Pollution and asthma, cancer and diabetes
24:29 The fight against ambrosia
28:40 Heat kills - what do we do about it?
35:48 How does the health sector need to communicate?
40:58 Ticks: It's all connected
47:45 Can we adapt?
56:03 Conclusion and farewell.

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This event is part of Hi!A - Festival for Art and Research in Bavaria.

Heat collapse, ragweed asthma, tiger mosquitoes and corona - the effects of the global climate and environmental crisis not only affect our weather or our forests, but also our health, both physical and mental. Our well-being depends on the well-being of the planet. This is the subject of the book " Überhitzt" (Overheated), published in May 2021.

Prof. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann is a dermatologist, allergist and one of the leading international environmental physicians.

Katja Trippel writes - after more than ten years as GEO editor - as a freelance science journalist for the GEO family, SZ and riffreporter.de, among others.

Prof. Harald Lesch is Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and one of the best-known natural scientists in Germany.