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Climate change and heat have health consequences throughout the lifespan, from impacts on pregnant women and infant health to effects on working adults to newly emerging impacts on aging and the elderly. It’s not just society’s most vulnerable, but everyone who is at risk for both physical and mental consequences—and these threats will become more severe and widespread in the coming years. In this panel, speakers discussed key takeaways from a daylong workshop on climate and health and how journalists can approach the problem and present solutions without being pollyannaish.
This panel discussion closed a workshop, "Living and Working on a Hot Planet: Reporting on Climate Change and Human Health," presented by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing with support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in Raleigh, NC on Nov. 8, 2024 in connection with ScienceWriting 2024. Workshop sessions were organized by Amber Dance, CASW's New Horizons Progam Director.
The panel was moderated by journalist Linda Marsa, author of "Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health." Panelists were:
• Nicolás Rivero, climate solutions reporter with The Washington Post
• Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli, senior grassroots advocacy coordinator, for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
• Kathryn Thier, postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University
• Kristie L. Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle
Climate change and heat have health consequences throughout the lifespan, from impacts on pregnant women and infant health to effects on working adults to newly emerging impacts on aging and the elderly. It’s not just society’s most vulnerable, but everyone who is at risk for both physical and mental consequences—and these threats will become more severe and widespread in the coming years. In this panel, speakers discussed key takeaways from a daylong workshop on climate and health and how journalists can approach the problem and present solutions without being pollyannaish.
This panel discussion closed a workshop, "Living and Working on a Hot Planet: Reporting on Climate Change and Human Health," presented by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing with support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in Raleigh, NC on Nov. 8, 2024 in connection with ScienceWriting 2024. Workshop sessions were organized by Amber Dance, CASW's New Horizons Progam Director.
The panel was moderated by journalist Linda Marsa, author of "Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health." Panelists were:
• Nicolás Rivero, climate solutions reporter with The Washington Post
• Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli, senior grassroots advocacy coordinator, for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
• Kathryn Thier, postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University
• Kristie L. Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle
