Dr. Alina Herrmann is a medical doctor, investigating the links of health with climate change adaptation and mitigation. In her doctoral thesis she investigated general practitioners' role in protecting the elderly in heat waves and continues to work on feasible guidelines for heat health action plans. Moreover, she investigates health co-benefits of climate change mitigation. As a resident in family medicine she is especially interested in how to use primary care as an entry point to promote sustainable and healthy lifestyles.