A Very Hot Topic: What Climate Change Means to Public Health - Maine Public
A Very Hot Topic: What Climate Change Means to Public Health | Maine Public
Thursday, November 16 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
A Free(port) Speech event held at the Freeport Performing Arts Center in Freeport (30 Holbrook Street)
Maine Public is very pleased to be a Media Sponsor for this special conversation between Dr. Nirav Shah and multimedia journalist Chris Costa discussing the intersection of climate change and public health.
Recent months have made clear the impact of climate change, from smoke, heat, floods, or wildfires affecting nearly every corner of the U.S. These acute events come on top of years of gradual, mounting changes to our climate. The full extent of these changes may not be known for years, but it is clear that the impact is already being felt--particularly in public health.
Maine is not exempt from the impact of climate change on public health. Higher temperatures mean more heat-related illnesses and increasing rates of illnesses like Lyme disease, among other effects. In what other ways will climate change affect public health? And what steps can we take to prevent, mitigate, and adapt to climate change while protecting public health?
To learn more about Free(port( Speech and this event, visit their website.
Maine Public Members receive a 15% ticket discount for this event. Click here to order tickets and use the code MP2023 when ordering.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.