Consv Webinar Series: Counting Climate Deaths
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Thu, Oct 24, 2024; 12:00 PM
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10/24/2024 12:00 PM
America/New_York
Consv Webinar Series: Counting Climate Deaths
Former PA County Medical Examiner talks about the importance of identifying the cause of death due to heat, air quality and other climate-related factors. Part of the SC/PA Conservation Team Fall 2024 Webinar Series:.
Webinar URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7825257851 Or by phone: 929 436 2866 Meeting ID: 782 525 7851
James Wylie
jim.wylie@verizon.net
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Organized By: Pennsylvania Chapter
Location: Virtual
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James Wylie
jim.wylie@verizon.net
(484) 753-3581
Until we know how many people are dying due to climate disasters and who they are, government officials and policymakers can and will ignore the existential danger of climate change. Disaster-related deaths (including heat-related deaths) fall under the jurisdiction of coroners and medical examiners. Learn how and why such deaths are grossly undercounted and what can be done about it.
Speaker:
- Christina VandePol, MD, was the first woman and first Democrat elected coroner of suburban Chester County, Pennsylvania in over two centuries. During four stormy years, she steered her office through both the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. VandePol oversaw 5,697 death investigations and achieved national certification as a medicolegal death investigator (F-ABMDI).
- Dr VandePol has written creative nonfiction about medicolegal death investigation for magazines and on her website (https://christinavandepol.com/) and newsletter and recently completed a memoir about her years as coroner.
This webinar is hosted by the PA Chapter Climate Change Team and is part of the
Fall 2024 Conservation Team Webinar Series