Public Health Solutions to Climate Change Problems

Much of the conversation around climate change centers on things like lowering carbon emissions, which is obviously critical, but we think the public health response to climate change should be a larger part of the conversation. Whatever we do moving forward to address climate change, there’s no avoiding the fact that we will still face public health consequences of climate impacts. That sucks, but we can soften the blow if we prepare ourselves.

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Aaron Carroll -- Writer
Tiffany Doherty -- Writer and Script Editor
John Green -- Executive Producer
Stan Muller -- Director, Producer
Mark Olsen – Art Director, Producer

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[AileTheAlien]

😄Thanks so much for your continued efforts making these videos! They're thoughtful, evidence-based, and climate change, sugar-free, and immunization are topics I care about deeply! (Like, I'm fat and my mom's had type 2 her whole life! 🍬) Very easy to share too!

[benjaminazmon]

I know you done vitamin D, but can you talk about its affect of the flu. I’ve been reading conflicting things. And would love you opinion

[sixvee]

“I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I’m not in any way signing up to any discussion that is alarmist. There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.” Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP28

Seems more and more likely, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment may come to fruition (or at least the higher end of the spectrum). I say enjoy what you can, while you still can; pity the generations to come.

[barbaramorse]

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