CommonHealth Live! with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Photo: iLab/CSIS This transcript is from a CSIS event hosted on December 19, 2024. Watch the full video here. Katherine E. Bliss: Climate change and global health, two fairly straightforward, simple terms, but put together they can generate a fair amount of emotion and discussion. And there are a lot of different directions that that conversation could go. Are we talking about the ways in which a changing climate might be contributing to the emergence and spread of new infectious diseases? When we talk about climate change and health, are we talking about the ways in which climate may – climate change or changing conditions may make it more difficult for people to access healthcare or may exacerbate existing health conditions? Are we talking about the ways in which medical supply chains may be, you know, affected by changing weather patterns, whether heat or flooding or other kinds of conditions? Or is it something else? On today’s CommonHealth Live, Stacy Aguilera-Peterson and Josh Glasser, both from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, OSTP – I got that right, thank you – (laughter) – will join me to discuss answers to these questions, and more. How should we think and talk about climate change and health? What is the link between domestic and international issues when it comes to this intersection? And what are the most promising paths forward for national and global collaboration to address some of these challenges? (Music plays.) Stephen Morrison: This is the CommonHealth, from the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security, engaging senior leaders on questions of how to address our common health security challenges in this post-COVID moment. (Music ends.) Dr. Bliss: Hello and welcome to the CommonHealth Live a broadcast and podcast of the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global […]

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