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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Health Gains from Climate Change Policy around the World


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH, Global Health Institute, Dept. Population Health Sci., & Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
The global climate crisis poses many risks to human health: from heat waves, famines, and weather-sensitive infectious diseases, to extreme storms, sea level rise and infrastructure collapse. Yet, climate change mitigation policies could potentially have enormous public health benefits stemming from improved air quality and active transport that promotes physical fitness.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe international examples of policy actions focused on climate change solutions that offer health benefits. Describe 1 or 1 success stories about a health policy that is either directly related to climate change or that can be used as a framework for crafting effective climate change and health-related policy. Describe the opportunity to realize health benefits from climate change policies across sectors.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked on climate change and health for 20 yrs, published over 90 peer reviewed papers on the topic, as well as 3 co-edited textbooks.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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