The Intersection of Climate Change and Human Health
I’ve been interested in the intersection of climate change and healthcare for some time. So I reached out to my friend Jason Jacobs from the podcast My Climate Journey to see if he’d want to co-host an episode that’s at the junction of our podcasts.
This episode is our collaborative interview with Dr. Darragh O'Carroll, a science communicator and emergency physician specializing in emergency, disaster, climate, and COVID-19 medicine. He's making a documentary series called "Infected planet" to illustrate how climate change is affecting global and public health, and highlight the solutions.
Topics covered:
The increase in climate disasters - flooding, hurricanes, fires, extreme heat, air quality, etc. - and how it impacts human health
Whose health is impacted the most by climate change
The impact of the healthcare industry on climate
Adaptation vs mitigation
The one thing you can do to help the climate
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