November 13, 2024
Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action
Come learn from public health scientists who will tells us how high temperatures produced by climate change are affecting pregnant people and young children, and from on-the-ground practitioners how policies and programs at the local level can put the concept of ‘heat resilience’ in action. Featured speakers: Researchers: – Kari Nadeau, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies and Chair of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan – Amelia Wesselink, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University Practitioners: – Zoe Davis, Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager, City of Boston – Zainab Jah, Senior Research Analyst, The Praxis Project – Esther McCant, CEO, Metro Mommy Agency.