EU-funded project on climate change & demographic outcomes @ERC_Research @unibo PI: Raya Muttarak
University of Bologna
Joined February 2023
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📢 Call for abstracts!!
Join the POPCLIMA Closing Conference on Future Directions for Climate Demography.
Topics include climate demography, population-climate interactions, innovative methods, and population projections.
Deadline: 20 Sept 2026
🔗popclima.eu/events/popclima-…
Why might hot days mean fewer births? 🌡️🥵
Our PI, Raya Muttarak, writes for The Conversation and explores findings from two new studies, including our research on temperature and fertility in Italy.
Read the article: theconversation.com/hot-days…
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📢🔥Our new research by Melissa Barba on temperature & fertility in Italy. We found that hot days (>25°C) were linked to lower TFR nine months later, especially in higher-GDP provinces and those with fewer healthcare workers.
🔗doi.org/10.1007/s11111-026-0…
#ClimateChange #Fertility
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📢 New paper by Maksimenko, a PhD candidate from #POPCLIMA, just published.
New evidence from Russia shows that heat-related mortality was lower in regions with colder summers and higher air conditioning (AC) prevalence, and they declined over time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s11111-026-0…
Bologna is getting ready for EPC 2026 🇮🇹
From inspiring discussions in demography to unforgettable food, coffee, and aperitivo culture, EPC 2026 will be more than a conference — it will be a Bologna experience.
Are you ready to join us?
#EPC2026 #Bologna #Demography
Raya Muttarak as member of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, will participate in “Africa’s Development Pathways in a Fragmenting World: Youth, Regional Integration and Sustainable Growth” on 8 May 2026.
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📢New research co-authored by Raya #POPCLIMA is now available!!!
Findings show that higher temperatures in the nine months before birth are linked to fewer male births in sub-Saharan Africa and India, suggesting early prenatal heat exposure may increase male fetal mortality.
ALT "Temperature and sex ratios at birth" Jasmin Abdel Ghany, Joshua Wilde, Anna Dimitrova, Ridhi Kashyap, Raya Muttarak .
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📢Registration is open for Visualising Climate '26! From 4-6 Nov, the 1st global conference on data visualisation for climate & environmental sciences takes place in Bologna. Learn how to make climate data clear and engaging, & connect with an international community of experts.
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Want to explore these and more temperature extremes globally in more detail? Check out our interactive Thermal Trace Web App: thermaltrace.climate.coperni…
More info on global temperature and other climate variables in Jan. will be presented in our monthly Climate Bulletin next week.
📢Raya Muttarak spoke at #PMAC2026 in Bangkok on global demographic change and equity-centered policy.
She joined panels on “Governing Health for People and Planet: Geopolitics in Flux,” and PS 3.1: “Planet, Power, and People: Building Just Transitions Across Generations.”
ALT https://pmac-2026.com/
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Why register for our MOOC? Because climate change is shaping decisions now. In this FREE, self-paced #CopernicusClimate online course designed for non-experts, you’ll learn:
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Disaster risk can be sudden or everyday.
⚡ Intensive risk: High-impact, lower-frequency events cause sudden, catastrophic losses.
🌧️ Extensive risk: Frequent, lower-impact (eg. floods, storms, droughts) – impacts accumulate.
Both must be reduced➡️ ow.ly/77lF50Y5jPC
ALT Chart illustrating intensive risk with low frequency and high impact events like severe cyclones, earthquakes, and tsunamis, and extensive risk with high frequency, low impact events such as persistent droughts or floods.
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Today, @CopernicusECMWF published data showing that global annual surface air temperatures are increasing, & that the last three years have been the warmest years ever recorded.
The impacts are clear, bringing more droughts, floods, and wildfires. 🔥
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🌡️2025 was the third-warmest year on record, with a global average temperature 0.59°C above the 1991–2020 average & 1.47°C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial level. It was 0.13°C below 2024, the warmest year on record, and only 0.01°C cooler than 2023. More info in the #GCH2025⬇️
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The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global…
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🌍 Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) disasters threaten communities below melting glaciers when high-altitude lakes burst.
💡Learn more about GLOF risks ➡️ ow.ly/Iesx50XVGWY #Glaciers2025
📢The 2023 flood in Italy: highlighting a gap between perceived and actual risk and low household preparedness, with experience, income, and education shaping mitigation.
A new paper by POPCLIMA members @chiarapuglisi93 & Raya is now available!!
🔗sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
📢 New Opportunity at POPCLIMA – University of Bologna, Italy. 🇮🇹
2 research positions (12 months) are open within POPCLIMA (no doctoral degree required).
📅 Deadline: 07 January 2026
📍 Department of Statistical Sciences
🔗 Apply & details: bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/incar…
