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Climate Change and Health: A lunchtime chat with Dr. Joan Schiller
Climate Change and Health: A lunchtime chat with Dr. Joan Schiller
Natural calamities are commonplace in many too many countries and It is no secret that climate change is warming the air, raising sea levels and causing more severe storms and wildfires. Air pollution is the world’s single largest environmental health risk with around 7 million people dying every year from exposure to polluted air. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that global warming will continue to climb unless we dramatically step up action.
Did you know it’s also affecting human health by increasing disease, causing food insecurity and disrupting medical care?
Dr. Joan Schiller is a medical oncologist and adjunct professor at University of Virginia. She is passionate about the impact of climate change on health. She recently published two articles on the subject in The Journal of Clinical Oncology – Oncology Practice and Lung Cancer News, a publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Join us as Dr. Schiller explores the topic and shares her wisdom.
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What will you learn from this course?
Understand what climate change is
Identify the consequences of climate change
Analyze the impact of climate change on human health
Recognize the positive response to fight climate change
Learn what actions can be taken to mitigate the health effects of Climate Change
Presented By:
Dr. Joan Schiller
Dr. Joan Schiller is a medical oncologist and adjunct professor at University of Virginia. She is passionate about the impact of climate change on health. She recently published two articles on the subject in The Journal of Clinical Oncology – Oncology Practice and Lung Cancer News, a publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Craig has over 10 years of unique experience as a climate and green building ‘deep generalist’. He worked in a variety of roles to advance sustainability and decarbonize our economy including being green building educator, designing state and federal climate policy, and managing projects in the energy efficiency, higher education, transportation, industrial, aviation, and building sectors.
Craig Schiller
Jeslin Varghese
Jeslin Varghese is the director of project controls in the program controls division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Construction & Development (MTACD) department, overseeing multiple mega-projects in New York City including the East Side Access (ESA) project, a commuter rail project that, at $11bn, is one of the largest transportation projects in the world. Mr. Varghese has over 16 years of professional experience in sustainability and project controls. His experience spans teaching, planning, problem-solving, strategy development, risk assessment, CPM scheduling, performance monitoring, building and managing teams, and project management. He has gained his experience by working on a wide variety of sustainability projects in the United States, India, Taiwan, and the Middle East.
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Is there a study on the energy/pollutive effects of manufacturing solar panels/wind farms to create clean energy? I’m referring to the mining for the rare metals and raw material required to build the PV panels and wind mills to create clean energy, including mining lithium for the batteries….
going all electric should also open the conversation to bring in small scale nuclear. I know it can be thought of as taboo, but if we are switching transport, buildings etc., solar and wind are currently not going to provide the load demand. Has this entered the conversation?
If heat pumps or other refrigerant based systems are the future replacement of natural gas heating systems, will there be unintended consequence of WORSE warming due to leaks from refrigerant based systems?
Is propane a better household fuel source than natural gas?
I watched Dr. Schiller speak on this topic earlier this month with Citizen’s Climate Lobby. I was impressed by the depth of her knowledge on the subject and her passion about the impact of climate change on health. This is a much needed conversation among building professionals too and I am so excited to have her speak at GBRI’s FREE webinar series. Looking forward to moderate the session Joan and her son Craig Schiller whom many of us are familiar who has hosted courses on Green Schools and Net Zero with GBRI.