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📢 Join us for the next installment of our Future of Health Care series, featuring scholar and practitioner perspectives on pressing issues facing the health care industry. Expert panelists will discuss the role of law and policy in protecting communities from the health threats posed by climate change. This program is co-hosted with AUWCL Environmental and Energy Law, in partnership with the American University The Center for Environment, Community, & Equity; American University Center for Environmental Policy; American Health Law Association and American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Lunch will be served. 🌍 Climate Change & Health: Legal, Policy and Scientific Perspectives 🗓 Wednesday, October 9, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET, In-Person & Zoom 📝 Agenda Overview 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM: Introduction and chat with Marcos Orellana (UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights) (Moderated by Environmental and Energy Law Program Director William J. Snape, III) 12:25 PM - 12:30 PM: Introduction of Panel (Moderated by Health Law and Policy Program Director Asha Scielzo) 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Panel discussion Panelists Kathleen Riley (Senior Associate Attorney, Earthjustice) Olufunmilayo Chinekezi (Program Officer, National Academy of Medicine) Sara Pollock Hoverter (Director, Center for Community Health Innovation at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law) This event will be held at the American University Washington College of Law and Zoom. This event is free but registration is required. REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/eE5ahF9g In-person registration closes on October 4th. Virtual registration closes on October 9th. #ClimateChange #AUWCLHealthLaw #HealthLaw #EnviornmentalLaw