The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and ZonMw have awarded the NWA Building blocks for integrated policy on Planetary Health grant to a new consortium called Co-creation and Integration of Planetary Health Impact Assessment in policy practice (CINPHIA).

Within the consortium, researchers from the PDPC, including Reina Sikkema (ErasmusMC) and Maike Tietschert (ESHPM), lead a dedicated work package on climate adaptation and infectious diseases. Together with Chiara Cadeddu (ESHPM), they will explore how planetary health impact assessment can help better understand the interactions between climate adaptation policies and climate-sensitive diseases.

In collaboration with partners including Rotterdams WeerWoord, GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the Province of South Holland, the team will examine how climate adaptation strategies may influence emerging health risks and how policy can respond more effectively.

This work also builds on ClimateHUB Rotterdam, a regional learning network founded by Reina Sikkema and Maike Tietschert together with Maarten Schrama (Leiden University) and Pauline de Best (Erasmus MC), connecting stakeholders in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region working towards healthy and climate-resilient cities. Want to know more about the ClimateHUB? Follow them on LinkedIn!

The consortium will start on September 1st, 2026. The PDPC wishes all researchers the best of luck in this new consortium!