abstract
Future of Health Summit 2023

Climate Change and Health: Creating Healthy, Sustainable Communities

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Climate change is widely acknowledged to be among the greatest threats to our world and our way of life. The ever-growing impact on every aspect of human health is dire. Infectious disease transmission and prevalence, massive increases in cardiovascular disease and environmental respiratory issues, food insecurity and famines, and injuries and deaths due to extreme weather events all point to a pervasive and terrifying crisis. What can we, as a race, do to cope with climate change and its effects on our bodies? What are the next steps we must take to ensure the world's population remains healthy in the face of climate change? 

    Moderator

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    Carmen
     
    Paun
     

    Global Health Reporter, Politico

    Speaker

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    John
     
    Balbus
     

    Director of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
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    Daniel
     
    Buss
     

    Unit Chief, Climate Change and Environmental Determinants of Health, Pan American Health Organization
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    Martin
     
    Edlund
     

    CEO, Malaria No More; Executive Director, Health Finance Coalition
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    Monique
     
    Vledder
     

    Head of Global Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank Group