Extreme heat frequently receives less attention than other severe weather conditions despite causing more fatalities in the United States than other weather-related events. Due to climate change, occurrences of extreme heat are intensifying, extending in duration, and becoming more frequent, affecting periods and regions unaccustomed to high temperatures.
Natasha DeJarnett (University of Louisville) moderates a conversation between Julia Eiferman (NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice) and Juli Trtanj (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) about how government and community leaders nationwide are developing approaches to reduce the risks people face from increasingly extreme heat due to climate change.
“Climate Conversations: Pathways to Action is a monthly webinar series from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that aims to convene high-level, cross-cutting, nonpartisan conversations about issues relevant to policy action on climate change.”
Participant Bios
“Julia Eiferman works for the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, where she advances programs and policies that prepare NYC communities to withstand and emerge stronger from climate change impacts, with a focus on extreme heat. Previously, she was an Analyst at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and worked with the Urban Climate Change Research Network at NASA GISS.”
“Juli Trtanj is the One Health and Climate Extremes Research Lead for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where she leads the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS). She co-chairs the Climate Change and Human Health Group of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the Group on Earth Observations Health Initiative. She also chairs the World Meteorological Organization and World Health Organization Joint Study Group on Climate Services for Health. She has contributed to several IPCC and U.S. National Climate Assessment reports.”
“Natasha DeJarnett is a Christina Lee Brown Environment Institute assistant professor at the University of Louisville Division of Environmental Medicine. She is a nationally recognized expert in environmental science and focuses her research on the health impacts of extreme heat exposure and environmental health disparities. She is the president-elect of the Board of Directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility. She serves on advisory committees at the Environmental Protection Agency and the American Public Health Association.”
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(Source: www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-20-2022/climate-conversations-extreme-heat)
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