Professor James Logan has been appointed as a Commissioner on the newly launched Lancet Commission on Sea-Level Rise, Health and Justice, published in The Lancet.
The Commission brings together 26 global experts to examine how rising sea levels are reshaping health, disease, and inequality, and to develop evidence-based recommendations for governments, communities, and international organisations.
Sea-level rise is an escalating global challenge with significant implications for human health. It is already contributing to displacement, food and water insecurity, and changing patterns of infectious disease, particularly in coastal and low-lying regions.
Current projections suggest that up to 410 million people could be living on land below high-tide levels by 2100.
Professor Logan will co-lead the Commission’s Technology and Economics working group, which will explore how data, sensing technologies, and modelling approaches...