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Climate Vulnerability and Health—How are we Responding?
Center for Global Health Equity 2023-2024 Distinguished Seminar Series

In this talk, Dr. Paige Fischer will explore wildfire as a social-ecological system and its implications for community well-being. Fischer will discuss her work with wildfires and vulnerable populations, her motivation for taking her domestic work abroad, and how her understanding of resilience was transformed after her time learning from affected communities in Chile.

Dr. Paige Fischer is associate professor of environment and sustainability at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on human adaptation to climate and natural hazards such as wildfire in forested areas. Her work looks at the capacity of individuals and organizations to adapt to environmental change through individual and collective natural resource management and environmental conservation actions. Her work has focused on the American West and has recently expanded to south-central Chile, where wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe. Fischer is recognized as one of 50 female leading scholars in the international field of fire science.

About the series: Climate change is already having dramatic effects on human health and well-being. How are we adapting to these new realities and mitigating health risks for the world’s most vulnerable communities? The Center for Global Health Equity’s 2023-2024 distinguished seminar series will engage global experts who are responding to these challenges. Join our conversations and explore emerging solutions for protecting health in the face of climate change.