Kristie Ebi
Environmental Scientist | Climate Change & Health Resilience
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Kristie Ebi is a leading environmental health scientist focused on climate change impacts and adaptation. As a Professor at the University of Washington, she has authored over 200 publications on the health risks of a warming planet.
Ebi co-chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Her research explores how changing weather patterns threaten human health, and how communities can build resilience.
Kristie's keynotes provide science-backed strategies to help organizations and policymakers address the growing health challenges of a changing climate.
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How climate change could make our food less nutritious
Rising carbon levels in the atmosphere can make plants grow faster, but there's another hidden consequence: they rob plants of the nutrients and vitamins we need to survive. In a talk about global food security, epidemiologist Kristie Ebi explores the potentially massive health consequences of this growing nutrition crisis -- and explores the steps we can take to ensure all people have access to safe, healthy food.
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