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Business, Health and Climate: Join the Conversation
Celebrate Climate Week NYC 2014 with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Business, Health and Climate: Join the Conversation” begins at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22, 2014, with a reception, followed by a panel discussion. If you will be in the New York area and are interested in attending, please contact Julie Snyder or Kim Santiago. Dr. Jonathan…
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A Civil Society Event on Action in Climate & Health
Quick Overview When: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2014 Where: Grand Hyatt, New York, New York Why: Climate change is not a far-off problem. It is happening now and is having real consequences on people’s lives. With a sense of change in the air, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders to Climate Summit 2014 to…
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Actions on Climate Change Bring Better Health, Study Says
GHI Director Jonathan Patz is lead author on JAMA article that is a “blueprint” for public health benefits possible in climate change mitigation.
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Civil Society Event on Action in Climate Change and Health
International panelists address the health benefits of addressing climate change in this event Sept. 22, 2014. The overview and program provide more information.
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The Hard Lessons of Ebola in West Africa
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus J. Stephen Morrison, a well-known expert in global health and foreign policy, will speak on “The Hard Lessons of Ebola in West Africa,” on Friday, September 19, from noon to 1 p.m., Room 260, Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, on the UW–Madison campus. The brown-bag event, which is free and open…