Living with Climate Change: Extreme Heat
Channel: eesionline
Date: 2022-06-27

More information at: https://www.eesi.org/062422climatechange

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to watch a briefing that was held on policies and practices to address extreme heat. Across the country, the number of days per year with temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit is increasing, and heat causes more deaths than any other type of weather event. In April 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the first Department of Labor program to protect workers from the impacts of extreme heat. Additional steps are needed to reduce the risk of dangerously hot conditions and increase community resilience to heat. 

Panelists discussed ways that built and natural infrastructure can reduce temperatures, steps to protect outdoor and warehouse workers, and how communities and cities are designing and implementing heat action plans.

This briefing is part of a series called Living with Climate Change that will run through June and focus on strategies, policies, and programs preparing communities around the country for four major climate threats: polar vortices, sea level rise, wildfires, and extreme heat. 

The series will run in parallel with another briefing series, Scaling Up Innovation to Drive Down Emissions, covering hydrogen, direct air capture, offshore wind, and electric vehicle infrastructure build-out.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

00:00 - Start
04:27 - Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, U.S. Representative (D-N.J.)
07:50 - Dr. Ladd Keith, Assistant Professor of Planning and Sustainable Built Environments, The University of Arizona
22:13 - Sonal Jessel, Director of Policy, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
36:44 - Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto, Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability, Union of Concerned Scientists
46:35 - Q&A

Topics and Speakers:

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
U.S. Representative (D-N.J.)
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/Tp1bKMjuRj0?t=04m27s

Dr. Ladd Keith
Assistant Professor of Planning and Sustainable Built Environments, The University of Arizona
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Ladd_Keith_062422_Slides.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/Tp1bKMjuRj0?t=07m50s

Sonal Jessel
Director of Policy, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Sonal_Jessel_062422_Slides.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/Tp1bKMjuRj0?t=22m13s

Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability, Union of Concerned Scientists
Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/Dr._Juan_Declet-Barreto_062422_Slides_.pdf
Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/Tp1bKMjuRj0?t=36m44s