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November 19, 2024

Extremes: Protecting Worker Health in a Warming World

Location
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue NW, AAAS Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005

Time

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Event Type

The Pulitzer Center, Science magazine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are bringing together journalists, policymakers, and other experts to focus on the impact of high heat on workers and vulnerable communities in the U.S. and around the world. How does high heat impact health? What are governments and other entities doing to protect individuals? Where can communities assist?

Speakers:

Aryn Baker
TIME magazine senior international climate and environment correspondent
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Cathy Feingold
Deputy president of the International Trade Union Confederation, and director of the international department in the AFL-CIO
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Douglas Parker
Assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Barrak Alahmad
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

Location: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue NW, AAAS Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005

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