Description
With current projections of global warming, the world is bracing for climate change events that will significantly impact human health. The vitality of health care systems and their employees is critical for helping communities care for those injured and and made ill by these disasters. What are some of the important steps health systems need to take to ensure their resilience?
Ironically, at the same time, the health care industry is among the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. In the UK, the National Health Service has committed to net zero by 2040. In the US, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 offers new incentives to drive change. Will they be leveraged?
Join in and contribute your own questions and thoughts as our excellent panel considers how health is the human face of climate change!
You can register and submit questions via the 'Booking' tab at the top of this page, or via this link.
Panel members:
- Emily Mediate (Colorado and Magdalen, 2016) Director of US Climate & Health Program, Health Care without Harm
- Ana Unruh-Cohen (Texas and St. Edmund Hall, 1996) Staff Director, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, US House of Representatives
- Gregg Meyer (New York and Oriel, 1986) President of Community Division and EVP Value-Based Care, Mass General-Brigham (formerly Partners)
- Vivian Lee (Oklahoma and Balliol, 1986), President, Verily Health Platforms, moderator
The event will take place at the following time:
4 - 5 pm ET
1 - 2 pm PT
9 - 10 pm GMT