Building Climate Resilience: The Case of Extreme Heat

Record-breaking temperatures like those the United Kingdom and Europe endured this month are a stark reminder that heat, wildfire, hurricanes, and flooding events are becoming more frequent and more severe. Extreme weather is taking an increasing toll on households and communities across the country in the form of adverse health impacts; damage and destruction of property; and loss of income and livelihoods. Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment will be convening a series of webinars examining the relation between climate change and extreme events which will pay particular attention to how the impacts are disproportionately felt by the most vulnerable, exacerbating inequities and affecting those least able to bear the financial, social and physical costs. 

Please join us for the first webinar in this series featuring a panel of Stanford scholars and other experts who will examine the rising risk of extreme heat for both infrastructure and property as well as the negative health impacts for humans and ecosystems. Potential actions and investments that governments and local communities can implement to alleviate inequities for those most at risk will also be discussed. 

Featured Panelists

• Noah Diffenbaugh, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Aidee Guzman, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Irvine
• Eriberto Fernández, Government Affairs Deputy Director, United Farm Workers Foundation

Moderator

• Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

This event is being hosted by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.