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Extreme Weather
Climate and Health in Crisis

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Extreme Weather: Climate and Health in Crisis
Live Online Q&A with Renee Salas, Yerby Fellow, C-CHANGE, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Emergency Medicine Physician
Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

From major wildfires, to deadly heat, to massive flooding, the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere have experienced extreme weather this summer, costing lives and exacerbating health conditions and disparities. In this live-streamed Q&A, Renee Salas, emergency medicine physician and Yerby Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, described how extreme weather impacts health and why some groups are particularly at risk.

Part of: Policy Controversies.

Presented jointly with The World from PRX & GBH

Image Credit: iStock.com/Erin Donalson

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Moderator

Carolyn Beeler
Environment Correspondent and Editor, The World

Expert Participants

Renee Salas
Yerby Fellow, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and practicing emergency medicine physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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