Presentations
Jordan Curry Carter provides a historical overview of the American food system and its connection to climate change, presenting some issues as well as equitable solutions to the current system.
Dr. Armen Henderson discusses the effects that disasters have on disadvantaged communities and his program to engage health professionals in responding, while Moriah Washington reports on culturally specific solutions.
Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd addresses the physical threats and vulnerabilities of urban communities to climate change, and Chris Walker discusses how to overcome the barriers to make the provision of renewable energy just and accessible to low-wealth communities.
Dr. Jodi Sherman discusses the environmental impacts of the health care system and its effects on public health.
Dr. Sacoby Wilson will provide background on some laws that have harmed Black, Indigenous, and other people of color and gives examples of equitable climate policies that can help reverse their effects.
Dr. Amy Collins discusses how hospitals contribute to the climate crisis and why and how physicians should help advocate for change. Eugenia Gibbons discusses the role of hospitals in community engagement, community assessment, and community sustainability.
October 8, 2021 | Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali
Adapting to climate change is not a question for the distant future. ...
Dr. Sacoby Wilson and Dr. Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura discuss the radical and just transformation of the transportation system needed to protect our health.
August 13, 2021 | Dr. Annelle Primm
As many of you know, historical displacement, disenfranchisement, and ...
July 9, 2021 | Hilton Kelley & Jacqueline Patterson
All too often the same inequities that plague our ...
Dr. Mark Mitchell and Julian Gonzalez discuss how climate change is already impacting access to healthy, safe, and affordable food and water across the United States.
Dr. Cheryl Holder and Jeannie Economos discuss how to protect health and build equity through urban and rural heat resilience.