Extreme Weather: Climate and Health in Crisis

Date: 

Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 12:00pm

Location: 

Online

Renee Salas, Yerby Fellow at Harvard C-CHANGE, will discuss "Extreme Weather: Climate and Health in Crisis" with Carolyn Beeler, Environment Correspondent and Editor at The World, as part of The Forum series at HSPH.

Renee Salas, Yerby Fellow at Harvard C-CHANGE, will discuss "Extreme Weather: Climate and Health in Crisis" with Carolyn Beeler, Environment Correspondent and Editor at The World, as part of The Forum series at HSPH. 

From major wildfires, to deadly heat, to massive flooding, the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere have experienced extreme weather this summer, costing lives and exacerbating health conditions and disparities. In this live-streamed Q&A, Renee Salas, emergency medicine physician and Yerby Fellow at C-CHANGE at HSPH, will describe how extreme weather impacts health and why some groups are particularly at risk. Join Dr. Salas and The World’s Carolyn Beeler online as they explore the deepening crisis at the intersection of climate change and health. Email your questions to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu or post your questions to Facebook @ForumHSPH or @pritheworld.

You can watch the event via The Forum websiteFacebook, and YouTube. No registration is required.

Contact: theforum@hsph.harvard.edu