University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Climate & Land Use Change

African academies tap Patz to chair 20-nation joint meeting on climate change

Dr. Jonathan Patz will be chairing a meeting on climate change in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Patz, Vargo op-ed in Huffington Post: On the (Bike) Path to Prosperity: Why Banning Bikes is Bad for Kolkata

Check out this article by Jonathan Patz and Jason Vargo on a bike ban in India.

Climate change poses a public health crisis- and opportunity: GHI Director, Jonathan Patz, on panel at the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center

Read about how the changing climate can open up new opportunities for positive change.

GHI Director Jonathan Patz and UW Botany Chair Don Waller co-authored ‘Move Forward on Climate Change’ in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Check out this article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Don Waller and GHI’s Jonathan Patz.

Right before Change Your Mind, Change the World, Director Jonathan Patz discusses ‘Curbing Fossil Fuels to Power a Public Health Revolution’ in the Huffington Post

Check out this article in the Huffington Post by Jonathan Patz.

GHI Director, Jonathan Patz, was interviewed on Montana Public Radio while in Missoula delivering the keynote address at Turning the Tide: Reclaiming Human Health by Restoring the Planet

Check out this talk by Jonathan Patz!

Director Patz’s opening keynote from the 2012 Bioneers Conference, Madison, WI

Here’s a keynote from Dr. Patz.

WHO and WMO Launch Atlas of Health and Climate

A great resource for more information on Health and Climate.

GHI Associate Director Dr. Tony Goldberg comments on The Baffling Nexus of Climate Change and Health

Read on for an interesting article on West Nile Virus.

Biodiversity and Health Workshop

Here’s some more info on a workshop brining experts from all over the world to discuss the intersection of ecosystems and healthy human populations.