What Was Discussed at February's "Climate and Health" Meeting: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Patz (March 31st)
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Listen Now In mid-January the CDC abruptly canceled a three-day "Climate and Health Summit" the Center had been planning for months. The meeting was intended to discuss public health risks caused by the climate crisis and steps being taken to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases or its adverse consequences on human health. (It was speculated the meeting was canceled because the CDC did not want to run afoul of the incoming president who has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese.) The American Public Health Association (APHA) and others however went ahead and held a one-day meeting on February 16 titled,"Climate and Health" at the Carter Center in Atlanta. The meeting was keynoted by former Vice President Al Gore. Dr. Jonathan Patz, the Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was one of the meeting's organizers and participants.
What Was Discussed at February's "Climate and Health" Meeting: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Patz (March 31st)
What Was Discussed at February's "Climate and…
What Was Discussed at February's "Climate and Health" Meeting: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Patz (March 31st)
Listen Now In mid-January the CDC abruptly canceled a three-day "Climate and Health Summit" the Center had been planning for months. The meeting was intended to discuss public health risks caused by the climate crisis and steps being taken to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases or its adverse consequences on human health. (It was speculated the meeting was canceled because the CDC did not want to run afoul of the incoming president who has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax” perpetrated by the Chinese.) The American Public Health Association (APHA) and others however went ahead and held a one-day meeting on February 16 titled,"Climate and Health" at the Carter Center in Atlanta. The meeting was keynoted by former Vice President Al Gore. Dr. Jonathan Patz, the Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was one of the meeting's organizers and participants.