WHAT:
On the day prior to the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in New York, the health and public health community are engaging through a civil society event, co-hosted by the American College of Sports Medicine, Public Health Institute, the Global Climate and Health Alliance and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The conference will focus on the tremendous health benefits of climate mitigation and the pathway toward a sustainable and healthy future. Acting U.S. Surgeon General Boris Lushniak, Dr. Carlos Dora, health policy expert with the World Health Organization and Dr. Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, will lead a dynamic program that engages thought leaders at the intersection of climate change and health. Crossing multiple sectors, the discussions will include topics such as food and agriculture, active transportation and community design, and energy and air pollution.
The program includes:
Opening remarks by moderator Richard Horton, MD, The LancetPanel 1 Diet for Sustainable Planet: Reimagining Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Amidst Climate ChangeActing U.S. Surgeon General Boris Lushniak remarks at 10:00 a.m.Panel 2 Sustainable Communities, Active Lives: Active Transportation and Urban Design (Lushniak to serve as panelist)Panel 3 Clearing The Air: The Health and Climate Benefits of Cleaner EnergySession: Catalyzing Action: Putting Health at The Center of Addressing Climate ChangeInteractive session: Where we’ve been and where we go from here
New initiative announced
As part of the civil society event, The American College of Sports Medicine will also announce the launch of ActivEarth, a cross-sector initiative focused on making it easier for the population to be physically active through safe and accessible active transportation, while also reaping the cobenefits related to health, the environment and sustainable economies. ActivEarth will bring together a variety of thought leaders and organizations to strategically address and emphasize the critical role of physical activity for planetary health and sustainability.
WHO:
RADM Boris Lushniak Acting US Surgeon General
Carlos Dora, M.D., Ph.D.Health policy expert with WHO
Richard Horton Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet
Andy ClarkePresident, League of American Bicyclists
Gary CohenPresident, Health Care Without Harm
Jacqueline Patterson Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPHProfessor & Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Janet Walberg Rankin, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech Founder, ActivEarth initiative
Linda Rudolph, M.D., MPHCo-Director, Center for Climate Change & Health, Public Health Institute
James F. Sallis, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at University of California, San Diego and Director of Active Living Research, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Gunhild StordalenCo-founder & Chair of Stordalen Foundation and CEO of GreeNudge
Asterio TakesyAmbassador, Federated States of Micronesia
Jeffrey E. Thompson, M.D.Chief executive officer, chairman of the boards, and a pediatric intensivist and neonatologist at Gundersen Health System
Cristina TiradoChair, International Union of Nutritional Sciences’ Task Force for Climate and Nutrition
WHEN/WHERE:
Monday, September 22, 2014 — 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Regency Room
Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY
CONTACTS:
On-site media contact: Paul T. Branks, (317) 292-3007; [email protected]
Interviews and photo opportunities are available on-site. For interview requests prior to the event, please contact Paul Branks.
EVENT WEBSITE:
For more information about the “Action in Climate Health” Civil Society Event, visit www.climatehealth-sideevent.org.
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