Title: The Climate Change Committee
Author:
Kim Knowlton
Section/SPIG: Environment
Issue Date:
The Environment Section’s Climate
Change and Health Topic Committee is working on several ideas to further
disseminate information on climate change and health, as well as looking
forward to our full session on Indicators of Climate Vulnerability and
Community Resilience (Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 10:30 a.m.) at
the APHA Annual Meeting. On the news front, an informal committee
subgroup has formed to discuss ways that public health professionals and
meteorologists might partner to get teams into K-12 schools to educate students
on the linkages between health and climate change. There is also a
subgroup to survey resources on climate change adaptation. Committee
comments on the proposed structure and process of U.S. Global Change Research
Program’s “U.S. National Climate Assessment Objectives, Proposed Topics, and Next
Steps,” were compiled via the APHA staff and sent in to USGCRP. Our Committee
is hoping to locate a venue related to climate change in Denver, where we can
plan an evening gathering and some quiet conversation after the excitement of
the meeting, so stay tuned for location postings.