Health Systems Implementing Climate Action
The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health and The New York Academy of Medicine will host a first-of-its-kind event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC 2024 held in tandem with the United Nations General Assembly, bringing together leading examples of health system climate readiness innovation. This event will convene business and health sector leaders to present the latest research and practice findings around low carbon, resilient health care delivery, and explore building sustainable systems through actionable and scalable solutions.
Speakers
World Health Organization
Vanessa Kerry, MD, MScDirector-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and HealthCASCADES - Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis, University of Toronto
Fiona Miller, PhDDirectorKaiser Permanente
Eric Berzon, MBAFormer Vice President and Assistant Treasurer - FinanceLancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
Marina Romanello, PhDExecutive DirectorPlanetary Healthcare Lab, University of British Columbia, and Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare
Andrea MacNeill, MDDirector and Co-DirectorCenter for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Renee Salas, MD, MPHAffiliated FacultyPersefoni
Kristina Wyatt, JD, MBADeputy General Counsel and Chief Sustainability OfficerOliver Wyman Health and Life Sciences
Oliver Eitelwein, PhDPartnerNorthwell Health
Donna DrummondSVP, Chief Expense Officer, and Chief Sustainability Officer
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Host Organizations
- Yale Center on Climate Change and Health
- The New York Academy of Medicine