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Heat And The Health of Mothers And Children: Impacts And Resilience in Action Webinar

November 13 @ 1:00 pm 2:00 pm

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