Dr. Daniela Lempertz is a child and adolescent psychotherapist who provided first-response and follow-up care for people affected by posttraumatic stress symptoms in the aftermath of the Ahr Valley flood in Western Germany 2021. She talks about her therapeutic work with children, helpful resources and international cooperation for rapid psychological support after extreme weather events, and finally shares advice she gave to an 8-year old boy anxious about converging global crises.

Arapoty is the Chief of one of the villages in Pico do Jaragua, a territory threated by the dense urbanization in the Sao Paulo. She explains the main issues and how her Guarani worldview supports the community conservation efforts.

Farah Waseem is a medical intern and a climate activist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She started her journey in climate activism at a tender age of 11 with the World Wildlife Fund – Pakistan. In her lived experience, she talks about her first-hand experience as a medical intern treating patients who are affected by climate disasters and discusses the need for integration of planetary health in medical / health professionals’ curricula.

Catharina Giudice is an emergency medicine physician based in the United States of America. In her lived experience, she discusses the impacts of various climate disasters on the health of communities and her patients, and the importance of preparation of health systems and communities to protect themselves and the health of our planet.

Eva Breiland, an undergraduate student at the Johns Hopkins University in the United States of America, comes from an agricultural family of farm owners and financers. Watch her Lived Experience to learn more about her background, why it’s so important to rewire our food systems, and what she’s doing now to make agriculture more sustainable.