Making Polluters Pay: Financial Accountability for the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change

Not only is climate change one of the most significant threats to public health, but it is also incredibly costly.  With the increasing number of extreme weather events such as flooding, fires, heatwaves and other climate related public health threats such as vector born disease, rising sea levels, and declining air quality, comes increased costs for families and communities.  

With ample evidence that the large fossil fuel companies (e.g., “big oil”) knew of the coming harms that would result from continued use of fossil fuels, states and localities across the nation are taking action to hold those polluters accountable for the impacts of climate change.  

Join the Network and our webinar co-sponsors to learn about these efforts and explore how public health can partner in building the power needed to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the public health costs of climate change. 

Attend this webinar to learn about: 

• What Making Polluters Pay means for public health 
• Making Polluters Pay strategies across the nation, from litigation to climate superfund laws, as well as state and federal challenges to these efforts. 
• How Make Polluters Pay strategies can support community derived solutions and health equity. 
• The Public Health for Community Power (PH4CP) Coalition, a growing network of non-governmental public health organizations, and their role in supporting community led efforts to Make Polluters Pay 

Speakers: 

• Tia Taylor Williams, MPH, CNS, LDN, Director, American Public Health Association 
• Sara Zimmerman, Legal Director, Project Network, Earth Island Institute 
• Betsy Lawton, Deputy Director, Climate and Health, Network for Public Health Law 

Additional speakers to be added. 

Moderator: Public Health for Community Power Coalition