Climate Health Roadshow with Dr. Bob Dewey
If you missed our presentation on February 7, you can watch it below. Scroll down to find several resources mentioned during the presentation.
Please join the Cook Memorial Library and the Chocorua Lake Conservancy for “Climate Health Roadshow,” a presentation by retired cardiologist Bob Dewey, co-chair of the Speakers’ Bureau at NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action. Part of NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action’s mission is to educate other healthcare workers and the public about the very serious health effects of climate change. In this presentation, Bob shares climate science basics and discusses the health effects of climate change and the health risks posed by climate change-related phenomena including extreme heat, pollen and allergens, air pollution, extreme weather events, and vector-borne diseases. He also discusses climate and clean energy solutions, and actions we can take as individuals. His presentation is followed by a Q&A.
Resources mentioned during the Climate Health Roadshow
233 medical journals publish a collective editorial asking world leaders to respond with urgency to the climate crisis. Story HERE. Editorial here: “Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health.”
2015 MacArthur Fellow Gary Cohen of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth (a brief overview of his work from 2015 can be found on his MacArthur Fellow page HERE).
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, by Katharine Hayhoe
RepublicEn: Home of the EcoRight
…and sharing this image from Bob’s slideshow in case you’d like a closer look! Click on the image to enlarge it.