Healthy Air and Water Colorado (HAWC) and
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Colorado present:
Health Risks of Extreme Heat and How to Build Resilience
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 • 7-8pm
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Healthy Air and Water Colorado (HAWC) and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Colorado invite you to join us for a discussion with healthcare professionals and elected officials on climate-related legislation in the 2023 Colorado Legislative Session.
It’s not in your imagination – Colorado is becoming significantly warmer. While everyone is at risk, high heat is particularly dangerous for the elderly, pregnant women and fetuses, children, and persons with underlying medical conditions, especially those with no access to air conditioning or other means of staying cool.
In this webinar, we’ll discuss: –
- The health risks of high heat for various groups and activities, plus signs and symptoms of heat stress and other heat-related conditions. –
- How heat affects cardiac, brain, kidney, and other organ functions, and impacts mental health. –
- Ways health care professionals, individuals, and communities can help build resilience against the health effects of high temperatures. –
- The importance for health care providers, policy makers and the general public in the face of projections for increasing extreme heat related to climate change.
Hear from a panel of physicians trained on effects of extreme heat on human health: –
- Dr. Joanne Leovy, Nevada Clinicians for Climate Action –
- Dr. Logan Harper, Healthy Air and Water Colorado –
- Drs. Lori and Rob Byron, Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Health Action Team