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Today is Children’s Environmental Health Day! All children deserve clean air and water, and healthy places to live, learn, and play.

Learn how climate solutions and clean energy protects children from dangerous pollutants and helps them live healthier lives: https://loom.ly/aZTOem8

NEW: As Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers a federal heat safety standard, a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study finds that ~28k workplace injuries were attributed to heat in 2023 & states w/ heat standards had lower risks of injuries on hot days.

https://loom.ly/hPeD8Bg

A nationwide analysis of heat and workplace injuries in the United States - Environmental Health Background Exposure to heat leads to physiological and cognitive impairments that increase the risk of workplace injuries. This study estimates the number and proportion of work injuries reported to the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that can be attributed to heat...

WATCH LIVE: Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions during turbulent times

A Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health convo w/ our former director & EPA administrator Gina McCarthy and former Republican Congressman Bob Inglis, moderated by Dr. Gaurab Basu.

Today @ 2pm ET: https://loom.ly/Umf8rbk

Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions during turbulent times Climate change poses an enormous threat to people worldwide. How can we most effectively address it? This program brings together Gina McCarthy, who led the ...

REGISTRATION OPEN! Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions during turbulent times

Join us for a dynamic conversation with Gina McCarthy—our former director and former EPA Administrator—and former Republican Congressman Bob Inglis. Moderated by our core faculty member Gaurab Basu, this discussion will explore the merits of regulatory versus free market solutions and examine opportunities for collaboration across political divides.

October 6 @ 2pm ET

https://loom.ly/nmFpuvg

Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions during turbulent times | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Event Type

What makes us (unwittingly) share climate misinformation online?
👩‍🎓 professional expertise
✍️ message style
👍 bandwagon cues

A new study from our visiting scholar Muhammad Ittefaq shows how social media users decide whether to believe and share false climate information: https://loom.ly/PxnTxEs

What makes us (unwittingly) share climate misinformation online? | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Climate change is one of the most important challenges facing our planet, yet social media platforms are filled with climate misinformation. When false or

Fossil fuels don’t just change the climate. They harm us across our lifespan:
👶 before birth
🧒 childhood illness
🧑 adult disease
👵 deadly impacts in older age
Read Cradle to Grave, a new report from Global Climate & Health Alliance: https://loom.ly/iyujTV0

Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition (2nd edition) - The Global Climate and Health Alliance First comprehensive study looking at the full impact of the fossil fuel industry on our health - from extraction though to abandoned sites.

Join Dr. Mary Rice and colleagues on Sept 22 at for a discussion of how fossil fuel emissions and climate change are affecting children's lung and brain development—and how parents can take action to keep their kids safe: https://loom.ly/8Wuz9bw

The joint health risks of air pollution and heat can pose increased risks to patients.

Practical guidance that incorporates weather, air quality, and medical information is needed to inform preventive actions that protect health, says Dr. Caleb Dresser in BMJ: https://loom.ly/Uo__y2c

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Save the Date! takes place September 15-21.

On Sept 17, ‪join our live webinar on the benefits and costs of AI on climate and health, hosted w/ the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Visit: https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/hcaw/ for details.

HCAW - The Salata Institute Join us for the third annual Harvard Climate Action Week (September 15-21), culminating in the Salata Institute’s Harvard Climate Symposium: Pathways for Progress on Energy and Climate (September 19-21). The week includes events organized by schools and centers across the University.

This summer has been a busy season for ticks in New England.

Dr. Gaurab Basu shares tips to protect yourself from tick-borne illnesses on ‪, such as doing tick checks after time outdoors, staying on trails, and wearing long socks.

Listen to the full story: https://loom.ly/BsOqZNY

Tick talk: Experts share tips and explain why this year has been worse than others After a busy season for tick bites, GBH Meteorologist Dave Epstein spoke with a doctor and public health entomologist to learn more about the pesky arachnids.

REGISTER: Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AI’s Climate and Health Impact

Hear from ‪ faculty on AI’s complex relationship w/ climate & health outcomes, acknowledging both the transformative potential and the real costs involved.

Sept 17 @ 2pm ET: https://loom.ly/qODd3bY

Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AI’s Climate and Health Impact | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The Department of Environmental Health and the Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) invite you to join us for this live webinar as part of Harvard Climate Action Week.

Introducing Climate-smart Public Health: A data-driven approach to assess, adapt, and detect climate-related health impacts. Govts can use this blueprint to create scalable solutions for climate-resilient health systems.

More from our core faculty member Chris Golden in The Lancet Planetary Health: https://loom.ly/upGQaY4

Climate-Smart Public Health: A blueprint for resilient health systems | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Until now, systems that collect public health information haven’t been connected to data about the climate and environment, making it difficult to anticipate