As climate conditions grow ever more dangerous, policymakers and people around the world have begun to consider approaches to protecting communities and people. This special invitation-only discussion will feature experts on medicine, climate, technology and society on protecting society from extreme heat moderated by Jeff Goodell, New York Times Best Selling Author of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet and How to Cool the Planet.

Reducing mortality in a future of extreme heat requires better projections of climate, regional heat waves and heat mortality than we have today. It requires innovation across medicine, public health, infrastructure and policy. It also involves research and evaluation of approaches to reduce humid heat impacts regionally or globally, sometimes called climate intervention.  We are pleased to host a very special two part panel event that will explore scientific and societal considerations for local response to extreme heat and for evaluating the potential for regional and global climate interventions to reduce extreme heat impacts and risks in the future.

Speakers: 

• David Fahey, Director, Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Anna Bershteyn, Associate Professor, Department of Population Health and Director, Project HEATWAVE, NYU Langone Health

• Alex Azan, Clinician and Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

• Sarah Doherty, Atmospheric Scientist and Program Director, University of Washington Marine Cloud Brightening Program

• Jean-Francois Lamarque, Chief Climate Scientist, SilverLining

• Greg Puley, Head of the Climate Team, United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 

• Joshua Amponsem, Founder, Green Africa Youth Organization