Scope Impact

🌟 We’re excited to share that our CEO & Co-founder, Mari Tikkanen has been selected as a UBS Visionary Leader, joining UBS’s two-year global leadership programme bringing together change makers driving impact across sectors and geographies. This opportunity comes at a critical moment for climate and health, as the need for scalable, locally grounded, and systems-focused solutions continues to grow globally. Through this programme, we look forward to deepening cross-sector learning, building meaningful collaborations, and bringing new insights back into our work advancing climate-resilient health systems. We’re grateful to the UBS leadership team for this recognition, and to our partners who continue to support and strengthen our journey! #UBSVisionaryLeader #GlobalLeadership #ClimateHealth #HealthSystems #ClimateResilience #SystemsInnovation #SocialImpact #GlobalHealth #CrossSectorCollaboration #LeadershipForImpact

Recently, George Khisa from the Scope Impact team attended the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026 in Nairobi, where one message emerged consistently across discussions on financing, AI, digital health, and implementation: climate and health is increasingly being recognised as a core health systems resilience priority. The conversations highlighted a growing shift from frameworks toward implementation, interoperable systems, and locally governed solutions that can support adoption at scale. Discussions around sub-national planning, data sovereignty, and AI tools that strengthen public health delivery strongly aligned and reaffirmed the direction of our climate x health solutions. The summit in essence, reinforced the urgent need for integrated and implementation-ready climate-health solutions, a mission we at Scope Impact are committed to advancing across geographies! #ClimateHealth #HealthSystems #DigitalHealth #ClimateResilience #GlobalHealth #HealthInnovation

🌟 Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Dr. Swati Mahajan, who joins Scope Impact as our Chief Programmes Officer! Dr. Swati is a public health leader with over 17 years of experience across health systems strengthening, primary healthcare, human resources for health, and climate-health. She has previously held senior leadership roles at PATH and Jhpiego, where she led regional and national efforts delivering large-scale, high-impact programmes focused on comprehensive primary healthcare and strengthening resilient health systems. At Scope Impact, Dr. Swati will lead the implementation and scale-up of our climate and health initiatives, while driving systems innovation across geographies to advance climate-resilient and equitable health systems. Welcome to the team, Dr. Swati, we’re delighted to have you with us! 👉 Learn more about Dr. Swati here: https://lnkd.in/gRfN3iSz

As we kicked off the second phase of CHART (Climate Health Adaptation and Resilience Tool) development, supported by the UBS Optimus Foundation, we were proud to convene our partners in New Delhi and virtually for the Phase 2 Strategy Workshop, an important milestone in strengthening our collective commitment to advancing climate-health resilience. The workshop was designed around a key question: What would it take for a local health officer in a climate-vulnerable region to trust and use a tool like CHART? Discussions over the 3 days focused on actualising CHART as a coalition-driven initiative, with partners aligning around a shared vision, long-term strategy, and collaborative ways of working for the next phase ahead. Participants engaged in rich participatory sessions on climate-health resilience, governance, user-centred design, sustainability, and coalition-building, while also creating space for deeper alignment. Key reflections underscored the imperative of multi-sectoral governance mechanisms, the need to strengthen data and feedback loops across stakeholders involved in climate-health planning, and the importance of bridging the data-to-action continuum while meaningfully integrating local and indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing from the learnings of CHART Phase 1 and ongoing collaboration with technical working groups comprising key state, district, and county stakeholders, the workshop also explored the role of AI in supporting more contextually grounded and adaptive climate-health planning. Through hands-on prototyping sessions, participants generated AI-assisted prototypes during the workshop itself, demonstrating how future MVPs (Minimum Viable Product) can be: - Rooted in local realities and implementation contexts - Responsive to user and stakeholder needs - Designed to strengthen anticipatory climate-health planning and decision-making - Informed by continuous feedback, iteration, and cross-sectoral collaboration It was incredibly valuable to work alongside such a diverse group of collaborators and continue building a shared foundation for more anticipatory, data-informed, and locally grounded climate-health action. A huge thank you to all partners and collaborators who contributed their time, expertise, and perspectives, both in person and remotely. Looking forward to the journey ahead! #ClimateHealth #ClimateResilience #DigitalPublicGoods #HealthSystems #Adaptation #GlobalHealth #ClimateAction

Scope Impact has evolved. What began with system innovation and creative campaigning work around the world has grown into something bigger. Drawing on years of learning, and trusted global networks, we are now scaling our own AI-driven climate and health products. Our full solution stack aims to protect community health in a changing climate and support decision-making across complex health systems in Europe, Asia and Africa. Our work has always been rooted in people, participation, and real-world impact. Today, we’re bringing that same commitment to four digital products that help communities, organizations, and health systems optimise health and build resilience. This is the next chapter of Scope Impact. We are geared for impact at scale. Stay tuned; more to come.

🌟 Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Abdulhakim Bashir, who joins Scope Impact as our Full Stack AI Engineer! Abdulhakim is an AI engineer with experience applying machine learning and software to real-world challenges across energy, financial intelligence, and biomedical research. He has worked on energy optimisation and revenue systems at Kano Electricity Distribution Company, developed machine learning models for detecting suspicious financial activity at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, and contributed to AI tools for biomedical research in collaboration with the US National Cancer Institute. At Scope Impact, Abdulhakim will support the development of AI-enabled solutions across our climate–health portfolio! Welcome to the team, Abdulhakim, we’re delighted to have you with us! 👉 Learn more about Abdulhakim here: https://lnkd.in/gyQNYvtX

Roundtable | Heatwaves and Human Health: Fast-Tracking Prevention and Action Last week, Scope Impact convened the Heat Health Interventions Roundtable in New Delhi, India. We were privileged to welcome Dr. aakash shrivastava, Additional Director & Head (CE & OH & CCH), National Centre for Disease Control, whose insights set a strong and compelling tone for the discussions. The roundtable brought together policymakers, researchers, health professionals, and practitioners, drawing on India’s experience in heat health governance to inform broader global strategies for building heat resilience. The reflections that emerged were both clear and hopeful-the science is established, policy pathways exist, and momentum is building. With continued collaboration, India is well-positioned to lead on climate-health action nationally, while supporting other regions facing similar challenges from extreme heat and climate-related risks. We are deeply grateful to our partners for their continued support and collaboration. National Centre for Disease Control | PATH, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) | Vital Strategies | World Health Organization SEARO | Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) | TERI School of Advanced Studies | Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure | UNICEF India | Centre for Social and Economic Progress | Development Solutions | The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation | Jhpiego | World Bank | The Antara Foundation | Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) | Embassy of Finland in India | Population Council Consulting | Sustainable Futures #HeatHealth #ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSystems #ClimateAction #ScopeImpact #India #OneHealth #GlobalHealth #HeatResilience

🌟 Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Muskan J., who joins Scope Impact as our Visual Designer! Muskan is a Product/UX Designer and facilitator with over eight years of experience across digital products in AI, education, and smart systems. Trained at NID Ahmedabad and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, she brings a strong human-centred and research-driven approach, with a focus on accessibility and ethical design. At Scope Impact, Muskan will help design intuitive, user-centred experiences for our self-care solution, Halla Health. Welcome to the team, Muskan, we’re delighted to have you with us! Learn more about Muskan here: https://lnkd.in/g4VRqdPk

We at Scope Impact are excited to follow the progress this week of the Skoll World Forum, always a vibrant gathering of entrepreneurs and innovators. Our partner and investor Emily Pryor will be there in person, and able to chat about our social enterprises working to protect health in a changing climate. Also representing powerful voices in global health equity, Shaffa Hameed from the Missing Billion Initiative will be speaking on a panel focused on strengthening inclusive health systems and ensuring that the world’s most underserved populations are not left behind. This work is at the heart of driving meaningful, scalable change across healthcare systems. Moderated by Dr Krishna Jafa 🗓️ 22 April 2026 ⏰ 12:30–1:45pm 📍 Headley Theatre, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford At Scope Impact, we’re proud to see our close partners contributing to such important conversations. As we continue working toward advancing self-care delivery, strengthening climate resilience and preparedness, and ensuring our solutions are inclusive and accessible, we’re looking forward to insights and inspiration from the Forum. We look forward to connecting and hearing what resonates most from this year’s discussions. #SkollWorldForum #GlobalHealth #SystemChange #HealthEquity #ClimateResilience #InclusiveInnovation https://lnkd.in/gE5uv_GC