Air Quality and Human Health in a Changing Climate: Findings from the Fourth National Climate Assessment

OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Title:
Air Quality and Human Health in a Changing Climate: Findings from the Fourth National Climate Assessment

Speakers:
Chris Nolte, Physical Scientist, National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA, and
Kristie Ebi, Professor, Global Health, University of Washington

Sponsors:
US Global Change Research Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinators are Tracy Gill and Katie Reeves.

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Abstract: 
The Nation’s authoritative assessment of climate impacts, the Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States (NCA4 Vol. II) was released in November 2018. This presentation will address the impacts of climate change on air quality and human health in the United States.

About the Speakers:
Chris Nolte is a research physical scientist in EPA's Office of Research and Development in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, with expertise in regional scale modeling of climate and air quality. He was the coordinating lead author for the air quality chapter of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's fourth National Climate Assessment and a contributing author of the air quality chapter of the USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment, which came out in 2016. Chris is also co-lead of ORD's GLIMPSE project, which is developing a decision support tool to help state and regional planning organizations conduct long-term air quality management, simultaneously considering state and regional climate and energy objectives. He holds a BS in physics from Stanford University and MS and PhD degrees in environmental engineering science from the California Institute of Technology.

Kristie L. Ebi is has been conducting research and practice on the health risks of climate variability and change for more than twenty years, including on extreme events, thermal stress, foodborne safety and security, and vectorborne diseases. She focuses on understanding sources of vulnerability, estimating current and future health risks of climate change, and designing adaptation policies and measures to reduce the risks of climate change in multi-stressor environments. She was a lead author for the IPCC special report on warming of 1.5°C, and of the 4th US National Climate Assessment.

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(Chris Nolte, Physical Scientist, National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA, and Kristie Ebi, Professor, Global Health, University of Washington)