Living with Extreme Heat — The Most Dangerous Climate Threat

Briefings

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Was Live Thu, Jul 13, 2023 | 11 am PT

Guest Speakers:

  • Lucía Abascal, MD, MS, Public Health Physician, California Department of Public Health
  • Marta Segura, Chief Heat Officer and Director of Climate Emergency Mobilization, City of Los Angeles
  • Sandra Young, Family Nurse Practitioner (retired) and founder, Mixteco Indigenous Community Organizing Project
  • Dr. Kimberly Chang, Family Physician, Asian Health Services
  • V. Kelly Turner, Associate Director of Urban Environmental Research, UCLA

Event Overview

This is the first of three statewide briefings tracking the onset of extreme heat in California, the most dangerous climate threat, and what state and local agencies, including CBOs, are doing to help people and localities adapt.

Speakers will provide an overview of how state agencies are addressing extreme heat’s impact on public health, the steps one city is taking to mitigate the heat, and what health care providers servicing specific groups are advising their patients to do.

Presented by Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (OCPSC) & American Community Media