Global Expert Panel: Climate Emergency=Health Emergency
Event description
Climate Emergeny=Health Emergency (Global Zoom Expert Panel)
North America: Tuesday, 11 October, 4.00 to 5:30 pm, EDT
Africa: Tuesday, 11 October, 8.00 to 9.30 pm (GMT)
Europe:: Tuesday, 11 October, 9:00 to 10.30 pm, BST
Asia: Wednesday, 12 October, 5.00 to 6.30 am, JST
Oceania: Wednesday, 12 October, 7.00 to 8.30 am, AEDT.
How will climate change impact family and community health? Is the health sector prepared for the challenges ahead? Is it doing enough to curb its own carbon emissions? What more can be done?
Panellists:
Dr. Veronica Mathews, Director of the Centre for Research Excellence - STRengthening systems for InDigenous healthcare Equity, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Rob Manteaw, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana, Ghana
Prof. Sharon Friel, Laureate Professor of Health Equity, Australian National University, Australia
Ms. Rhiannon Osborne, Cambridge Public Health, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
Prof. Eugenie Kayak, Enterprise Professor in Sustainable Healthcare, University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Deborah McGregor, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice, York University, Toronto, Canada
The panel will be chaired by Prof. Kathryn Bowen, Deputy Director Melb Climate Futures and Professor of Environment, Climate and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia