The Climate Crisis and the Future of Infectious Diseases

Hosted by Boston University’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID), in partnership with Boston's Museum of Science as part of the museum’s 2025 theme of “Being Human,” this symposium will address climate change and its impacts across the health of humans, animals, and the environment. The symposium’s overall objectives are to: • Provide greater understanding of what climate change impacts on infectious diseases are and why they matter; • Define the threats that climate change poses to the spectrum of One Health and what we can expect to see in the future; • Discuss what steps are being taken to mitigate these threats.