The Pulitzer Center, Science magazine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are bringing together journalists, policymakers, and other experts to focus on the impact of high heat on workers and vulnerable communities in the U.S. and around the world. How does high heat impact health? What are governments and other entities doing to protect individuals? Where can communities assist?
Participants:
Aryn Baker, TIME magazine senior international climate and environment correspondent.
Cathy Feingold, deputy president of the International Trade Union Confederation, and director of the international department in the AFL-CIO.
Douglas Parker, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Meredith Wadman, Science magazine staff writer and medical doctor.
Barrak Alahmad, research fellow in the Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk (EER) program, department of environment health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Event Date:
November 19, 2024 | 6:00 PM TO 7:15 PM
