WEBINAR: The Fundamentals of Climate Change and Health Behavior Change
Friday, July 31st, 2020 (11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT)
In this webinar, three experts will present research on climate change and health behavior change. Speakers will describe climate change and both the adaptive and mitigative responses by humans in response to it. Health behaviors will be discussed in the context of climate change from an individual, policy, and systems perspective. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A.
Speakers:
Dr. Robert Bindschadler
Title: “Change is Climate’s New Normal”
NASA Climate Scientist (Retired)
Formerly Chief Scientist, NASA
Laboratory for Hydrospheric and
Biospheric Science
Dr. Lorraine Whitmarsh
Title: “Achieving Low-Carbon and Health Behaviour Change”
Centre for Climate Change &
Sustainable Transformations (CAST)
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Dr. William Dietz
Title: “The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change in the COVID-19 Era”
Sumner M. Redstone Center Chair,
Milken Institute School of Public Health
George Washington University
Co-Chair of Lancet Commission Report on Global Syndemic
Moderator:
Michael A. Diefenbach, Ph.D.
Dept of Medicine, Urology and Psychiatry
Director of Behavioral Research
Center of Health Innovation and Outcomes Research
Immediate Past President SBM
Please submit questions in advance to mdiefenbach@northwell.edu (include “Climate Change and Health Behavior Change” in the subject line).
