Accelerating the Next Generation of Climate Policy and Protecting Human Health
Sep 17, 2020 3:15 PM ET
Climate change is a public health crisis that impacts everyone, but especially vulnerable populations. Massachusetts is on a path towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 but more needs to be done, and fast. COVID has shown the injustice of the pandemic and we know the equity gaps of the climate crisis. With the support of leading institutions like MIT and Harvard, and forward-looking companies like Biogen, Massachusetts can be effect real actions in the state and well-beyond and become a model for addressing climate change, with clear considerations to health for all populations.
Featured speakers:
- Charlie Baker, Governor | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Linda Henry, Managing Director | Boston Globe Media
- Michel Vounatsos, CEO | Biogen
- Eugenia Gibbons, Director | Healthcare Without Harm
- Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, President, CEO | Environmental League of Massachusetts
- Mindy S. Lubber, CEO & President | Ceres
- Dr. Aaron Bernstein, C-Change | Harvard
- Kate Walsh, President and CEO | Boston Medical Center
- Kathleen A. Theoharides, Secretary | Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Monday, September 21, 2020 10:00am — 11:00am
