Climate Change – Bob Bunting and Kathleen Stephansen

Climate Change is the theme of this Executive Briefing. Attendees will gain context and perspective regarding COVID-19’s effect on the worsening of climate disruptions due to climate warming. Learn how hurricanes, heat waves, and forest fires have continued their worrying trends and why it’s time to move forward with adaptation and mitigation until global solutions emerge in the decades ahead.

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Resources on COVID-19:

• Click here to view video replays and resources from each of the series’ Executive Briefings.
• COVID – 19: Health Recovery and Economic Recovery Go Hand in Hand, GIC Blog (June 1, 2020)
• COVID-19 Impacts and Philanthropic Opportunities: GGA Interview with Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic, GIC Blog (May 31, 2020)
• COVID-19 Playbook, Vital Strategies (May 2, 2020)
• About Masks, GIC Blog (April 24, 2020)
• COVID – 19: Health Recovery and Economic Recovery Go Hand in Hand, GIC Blog (April 21, 2020)
• PACT: Private Automated Contract Tracing, MIT (April 9, 2020)
• Review of Mobile Application Technology to Enhance Contact Tracing Capacity for COVID-19, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (April 8, 2020)
• FDA Has Authorized just one Coronavirus Antibody Test, CNN (April 7, 2020)
• A cost-effective way to help emerging markets fight Covid-19, GIC Blog (April 3, 2020)
• Contract Tracing Mobile Apps for COVID-19: Privacy Considerations and Related Trade-offs, Cornell (March 30, 2020)
• Weekly Economic Update by Michael Drury, GIC Blog (March 30, 2020)
• Why coronavirus antibody testing in one Colorado town could provide a way forward, ABC News (March 28, 2020)
• Worst-Case Estimates for U.S. Coronavirus Deaths, New York Times (March 13, 2020)
• First Ebola, Now Coronavirus. Why an Omaha Hospital Gets the Toughest Cases, New York Times (February 18, 2020)
• Enhancing Private Sector Health System Preparedness for 21-st Century Health Threats Foundational Principles from a National Academies Initiative, JAMA (February 6, 2020)
• NExT The Nebraska Transformational Project briefing sheet, University of Nebraska Medical Center (February 10, 2020)