Climate Webinar

Incorporating Principles of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Climate Adaptation Planning

State, tribal, territorial, and local health departments are addressing the urgent need to adapt to the health impacts of climate change. To aid in these efforts, CDC’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effects, or BRACE, framework was created to navigate the health adaptation process.

Due to systemic biases, a history of racist policies and practices, and a lack of resources, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, or JEDI, are not always a leading emphasis in health adaptation planning.

This webinar:

• explores practical application of JEDI principles in health and environmental agencies;
• highlights examples from current health professionals and BRACE recipients leading this work; and
• reviews a new comprehensive resource, the Climate Change and Health Playbook: Adaptation planning for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, designed to support public health departments in applying principles of JEDI in their climate and resilience initiatives.

Welcome and Introduction
Sharunda Buchanan, PhD, MS
Director, Office of Priority Projects and Innovation, Office of the Director, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Overview: Climate Change and Health Playbook: Adaptation planning for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Katherine Catalano, MS
Deputy Director, Center for Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association

Panel Discussion: Applying principles of JEDI in health and environmental agencies

• Surili Sutaria Patel, MS (moderator)
  Vice President, Metropolitan Group
• Dorette Quintana English, MA
  Health Planning and Policy Specialist, CalBRACE Project, Climate Change & Health Equity Program, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health
• Lauren Thie, MSPH
  Environmental Program Consultant, Division of Public Health, Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology Branch, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Crystal Tulley-Cordova, PhD, MWR
  Principal Hydrologist, Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources, Water Management Branch

The panel discussion is followed by a Q&A session with the webinar audience.

Closed captioning is provided.