Climate change is reshaping infectious-disease risks. Hydroclimatic extremes such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves can alter vector habitats, pathogen survival, water quality, sanitation, human mobility and patterns of human contact. Adaptation measures (including vector control, water management, healthcare preparedness, vaccination and behavioural responses) can reduce these risks or unintentionally create new pathways of transmission.

The session welcomes contributions on vector-borne, waterborne, foodborne, respiratory and zoonotic diseases, including research on compound hazards, unequal impacts and adaptation responses. We particularly invite diverse methodological approaches, including:

Dynamical systems approaches to modelling and understanding infectious diseases
Large-scale statistical, epidemiological and climate–health analyses;
Process-based and data-driven models;
Local, urban and neighbourhood-scale modelling;
Qualitative, participatory and mixed-methods approaches;
Surveys, behavioural studies and assessments of public perceptions;
Surveillance, early-warning and climate-informed forecasting systems;
Evaluations of adaptation, preparedness, resilience and risk-management strategies.
Veterinary medicine

The session aims to bring together researchers working across geosciences, climate science, epidemiology, microbiology, ecology, public health and disaster-risk reduction. By connecting these perspectives, we hope to improve understanding of when and where natural hazards become infectious-disease threats, and how these risks can be anticipated and managed.