State of Knowledge of Climate Change and Public Health

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Nov 14, 01:00pm EST to 02:30pm EST

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This CHNET-Works! Fireside Chat is in collaboration with Public Health Agency of Canada

This presentation will highlight the state of knowledge of climate change and public health.

Climate change is increasing temperatures, altering precipitation patterns, and affecting other weather variables; all these changes can affect human health through direct and indirect mechanisms.  Further, climate change is altering the frequency, intensity, duration, and spatial extent of some extreme weather and climate events.  Current and projected climatic changes can interact with underlying environmental, socioeconomic, built environment, and other vulnerabilities to create health impacts. Increased understanding of the factors that make people and communities vulnerable can inform policies and measures designed to manage the health risks.  Health researchers and public health specialists can incorporate projected changes in climate into program development, implementation, and monitoring, to minimize future potential health impacts. Explicitly designing adaptation options to iteratively manage risks will help reduce health risks under new climate futures.

Advisor on Tap:  Dr Kristie L. Ebi, Independent Consultant, ClimAdapt, LLC

Dr Kristie L. Ebi conducts research on the impacts of and adaptation to climate change, including on extreme events, thermal stress, foodborne safety and security, and vectorborne diseases.  
Her work focuses on understanding sources of vulnerability and designing adaptation policies and measures to reduce the health risks of climate change in a multistressor environment, including identifying indicators to measure changes in resilience and effectiveness of adaptation options.

For more information, visit their website.