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Climate Change and Your Health: Prepare Now!
March 27, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
We are all eager to slow the pace of our rising global temperatures. The reality is that our temperatures will continue to rise even as we combat climate change, and rising global temperatures will exact a terrible toll on our health and well-being.
While the impact will be most acutely felt in the poorer and hotter parts of the world, wealthy countries will also pay an exacting price. A city like Seattle, which does not have a heat adapting resilience already in place, will sustain far greater damage from scorching temperatures than a city like Houston. Poor people and those with preexisting conditions will be more likely to die from direct causes such as heatstroke, but also from indirect causes such as heart attacks brought on by days of extreme temperatures.
We can prevent needless death and suffering from the consequences of climate change if we plan for the rising temperature, and we need to start planning now. To help us prepare for climate change and the various public health consequences, we have asked Dr. Kristie Ebi to share her research on the impact of global warming and what to do about it, and Lauren Jenks to outline the steps that Washington State’s Department of Health is taking to address this looming public health crisis.
Please join us on Saturday, March 27th, at 10AM, for this important program.