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Public Health

Susan Anenberg

Newswise — Susan Anenberg, Director of the GW Climate & Health Institute, and associate professor of environmental and occupational health. Anenberg’s research focuses on the health implications of air pollution and climate change. Recently her team published two studies finding links between health problems like asthma and exposure to polluted air.

Neelu Tummala

Neelu Tummala, a clinical assistant professor of surgery, is a surgeon whose academic work focuses on the intersection of climate and health. She recently wrote that climate change is a medical problem as well as environmental issue. She can speak to her experience treating patients who have been impacted by climate change, as well as how environmental justice impacts health disparities.

Gaige Kerr

Gaige Kerr, is a senior research scientist and professorial lecturer in the department of environmental and occupational health at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. He researches ambient air pollution, and projects he has led span topics ranging from understanding the emission sources of pollution to assessing the health impacts experienced by the populations pollution impacts, with a special emphasis on understanding associated ethnoracial and socioeconomic disparities. He recently authored a study looking into the growing burden of air pollution among communities of color. A video of Gaige Kerr talking about the findings of the study can be found here.

Dan Goldberg

Dan Goldberg, an assistant research professor at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health is an expert on climate change, environmental occupational health and global environmental health. He recently led a panel discussion along with NASA specialists at South by Southwest on the topic of using satellite air monitoring techniques to measure what is in our air.

Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability

John Helveston

John Helveston, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, is an expert in electric vehicles, innovation and technology policy. He’s interested in understanding the factors that shape technological change, with a particular focus on transitioning to more sustainable and energy-saving technologies. Helveston’s latest research on electric vehicles has examined the resale value of EVs, the mileage of EVs, and the incentives needed to get people to buy in. He has also published on international trade policies and their impact on scaling up low-carbon energy technologies.

Caitlin Grady

Caitlin Grady, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, studies the form and functions of interconnected infrastructure across water, food, and energy systems. Her research seeks to combine network models, socio-technical data, and ethical-epistemic analyses to create a more sustainable and secure environment. Grady’s areas of expertise also include adaptation to climate change, hydropower and critical infrastructure.

Robert Orttung

Robert Orttung is a research professor of international affairs at GW and the director of research at Sustainability GW. Orttung is leading two National Science Foundation grants focused on promoting urban sustainability in the Arctic and is serving as the editor of the forthcoming Sustaining Russia’s Arctic Cities.

Alicia Cooperman

Alicia Cooperman is an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at GW. Her expertise includes local and global challenges in water politics and policy, political economy of development, civil society and accountability and climate change. Cooperman’s broader research agenda studies the politics of natural disasters, natural resource management, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Her work has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Political Analysis, and Comparative Political Studies, among others.

Lisa Benton-Short

Lisa Benton-Short, professor of geography, is an expert on urban sustainability, sustainability and sustainable development, environmental issues in cities, and cities and immigration. She can also discuss the impact of climate change and natural disasters on communities and the social, economic and political forces that mediate or exacerbate these natural hazards.

Policy and Business

John J. Forrer

John J. Forrer is the director of the Institute for

SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

• Target 3.9: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water, and soil pollution and contamination.
• Indicator: Number of deaths and illnesses attributed to air pollution.

• Target 7.2: By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
• Indicator: Proportion of total energy consumption derived from renewable sources.

• Target 11.6: By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.
• Indicator: Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5) in cities.

• Target 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
• Indicator: Number of deaths, missing persons, and directly affected people attributed to climate-related hazards and natural disasters.

• Target 17.16: Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology, and financial resources.
• Indicator: Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness assessments.

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