Day 1 | Lessons Learned in Addressing Inequities in Heat-Related Climate Change Impacts Workshop
Channel: National Academies - Earth and Life Studies
Date: 05/07/2023

For this hybrid workshop (both online and in-person), we identified key elements of "effective actions" to prevent and mitigate inequitable health risks from one of climate change's most pervasive, critical aspects–extreme heat. This multiday hybrid workshop convened people with lived experience, environmental health, economic, and racial justice experts, climate scientists, energy specialists, and individuals who work on sustainable planning and disaster relief. Together they explored a diverse set of real-world challenges affecting different communities and the innovative actions being pursued to prevent, adapt to or mitigate the health consequences of extreme heat.

Watch Day 2 (June 21, 2023): https://youtu.be/VZ-FdKpU_qk

Video Content DAY 1: JUNE 20, 2023

00:00:00 - Day 1: Welcome and Meeting Overview from Committee Co-chairs 

00:08:57 - Day 1, Session 1: State of the Knowledge– Keynote Speakers
Moderator: Anna Gunz 
00:12:17 - Keynote Speaker: David Hondula, Arizona State University and Office of Heat Response and Mitigation, City of Phoenix 
00:25:41 - Keynote Speaker: Rupa Basu, California Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Environmental Health Hazard 
00:39:56 - Keynote Speaker: Sonal Jessel, WE ACT for Environmental Justice 
00:50:56 - Keynote Speaker: Rev. Vernon Walker, Tufts University and Communities Responding to Extreme Weather 
01:05:09 - Day 1, Session 1: Q&A 

01:18:11 - Day 1, Session 2: Shared stories from participants who have aligned communities’ needs while navigating policies
Moderator: Sabrina McCormick 
01:19:44 - Story #1: Healthcare workers – Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia University 
01:35:01 - Story #2: Communities of color – Zelalem Adefris, Catalyst Miami
01:45:19 - Story #3: Worker protections – Jora Trang, Worksafe 
01:56:32 - Day 1, Session 2: Q&A 

02:15:32 - Day 1, Session 3: Interactive breakout rooms to identify barriers to implementation in developing solutions to extreme heat

02:21:33 - Day 1, Session 4: Inspirational talk: Identifying problems through different lenses in order to finding innovative solutions
Moderator: Mikhail V. Chester, Arizona State University 
02:22:25 - Vivek Shandas, Portland State University 

02:45:56 - Day 1: Wrap-up