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Perspectives On Climate Change And Public Health

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2020

It is crucial that policymakers, scientists + advocates consider the threat climate change poses to public health. Our online conference will explore perspectives at the intersection of both fields. Experts from around the country will discuss climate-related health problems + barriers working against the full consideration of health impacts in climate + environmental policy.

Sponsors: NYU Law School State Energy & Environmental Impact Center. The conference is an affiliate event of the UN General Assembly + Climate Week

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 10 am - 1 pm

Location: Online

Speakers: Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Interim Director, Center for Climate Health + the Global Environment - Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health + Pediatric Hospitalist - Boston Children's Hospital;
Lisa Friedman Reporter, Climate Desk - New York Times; Dr. N. Stuart Harris
Chief - Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Wilderness Medicine + Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine = Harvard Medical School; David J. Hayes Executive Director - State Energy & Environmental Impact Center + Adjunct Professor of Law - NYU School of Law: Maura Healey Attorney General - Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Dr. John Holdren, Teresa + John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy - Harvard University Kennedy School; Gina Mc,
Former Administrator, USEPA + President/Chief Executive Officer - NRDC; Dr. Kari Nadeau,
Director, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research - Stanford University; Dr. Sudip Parikh, Chief Executive Officer + Executive Publisher - American Association for the Advancement of Science; Richard Revesz Director - Institute for Policy Integrity = Lawrence King Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, NYU School of Law; Dr. William N. Rom, Research Scientist - NYU School of Global Public Health + Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine, Emeritus - NYU Grossman School of Medicine: + Dr. Linda Walden, Founding/Steering Committee - Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action, Board of Trustees - National Medical Association + Family Physician

RSVP: Via Zoom