Our climate is our planet’s life support system. Climate change influences human health and disease in numerous ways including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and diseases carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks. As described in the Lancet Countdown report, some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge with a changing climate. Not everyone is equally at risk, and children are especially vulnerable. Preventive and adaptive actions are needed.
0:00 Welcome: Trish Koman, PhD
3:00 Introduction: Marie O’Neill, PhD
5:00 Opening Remarks: Joseph Kolars, MD
10:00 Keynote Speaker: Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS
Dr. Salas is an emergency medicine physician who co-authored the U.S. portion of the Lancet Countdown report and “The Climate Crisis — Health and Care Delivery” in the New England Journal of Medicine. A panel of experts will present solutions from a variety of other universities who are reducing their carbon footprint in response to the urgent public health need. Dr. Salas will present the keynote address “Climate Action: Children’s Health Drives Need for Urgent Action”.
49:25 Solutions Discussion: Guy O. Williams, President and CEO, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice; Mike Garfield, Director, Ecology Center; Stephen Dolen, Executive Director, Logistics, Transportation and Parking, U-M
Sponsor
Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (NIEHS funded) ([ Ссылка ])
Co-Sponsors
School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) ([ Ссылка ])
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health ([ Ссылка ])
School of Nursing ([ Ссылка ])
LSA Residential College ([ Ссылка ])
Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning ([ Ссылка ])
UM Center for Global Health Equity
UM Medical School’s Global Health and Disparities Path of Excellence ([ Ссылка ])
Outreach Sponsors
Climate Reality Leaders – Washtenaw Chapter ([ Ссылка ])
Climate Reality Leaders – University of Michigan Chapter ([ Ссылка ])
UM Climate Blue ([ Ссылка ])
City of Ann Arbor ([ Ссылка ])
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice ([ Ссылка ])
Ecology Center ([ Ссылка ])
North Campus Sustainability Initiative ([ Ссылка ])
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