You may have seen the coverage about the new study in Nature that came out 4/23/25: "Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability".
One of the study's authors, Chris Callahan, PhD will be teaching us in
Climate Attribution Science-- a primer for health professionals (but anyone's welcome to join).
Ever wonder how we know that there are more extreme wildfires in the West because of the global warming burning fossil fuels has already caused? Let's learn about the science behind this attribution science! Extreme event attribution, also known as attribution science, is a relatively new field of study in meteorology and climate science that measures how ongoing climate change directly affects extreme events (rare events), like heat waves and wildfires.
Please join us to learn with colleagues from Christopher Callahan, PhD about climate attribution science-- how we know that and what we need to know as members of the California health community.
More about our guest speaker:
Chris Callahan is an interdisciplinary Earth system scientist interested in the economic and social impacts of climate change. Chris studies the relationship between extreme climate events and outcomes such as economic growth and human health. His work aims to inform policy discussions over climate mitigation, adaptation, and litigation, as well as climate justice topics such as loss and damage and decision-making tools such as the social cost of carbon.
Chris is currently a postdoc at Stanford University, working with Noah Diffenbaugh and Marshall Burke. In 2023, he received his PhD from Dartmouth College, working with the Climate Modeling and Impacts Group. Starting this Fall, he will be an assistant professor at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
Ever wonder how we know that there are more extreme wildfires in the West because of the global warming burning fossil fuels has already caused? Let's learn about the science behind this attribution science! Extreme event attribution, also known as attribution science, is a relatively new field of study in meteorology and climate science that measures how ongoing climate change directly affects extreme events (rare events), like heat waves and wildfires.
Please join us to learn with colleagues from Christopher Callahan, PhD about climate attribution science-- how we know that and what we need to know as members of the California health community.
More about our guest speaker:
Chris Callahan is an interdisciplinary Earth system scientist interested in the economic and social impacts of climate change. Chris studies the relationship between extreme climate events and outcomes such as economic growth and human health. His work aims to inform policy discussions over climate mitigation, adaptation, and litigation, as well as climate justice topics such as loss and damage and decision-making tools such as the social cost of carbon.
Chris is currently a postdoc at Stanford University, working with Noah Diffenbaugh and Marshall Burke. In 2023, he received his PhD from Dartmouth College, working with the Climate Modeling and Impacts Group. Starting this Fall, he will be an assistant professor at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
When
May 2nd, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
