Episode 22: "Climate Change and Public Health — with Seema Wadhwa"

In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from the Washington, D.C. area by Seema Wadhwa, CEO and Founder of Net Positive Solutions. Prior to her position at Net Positive, Ms. Wadhwa served as the Assistant Vice President of Sustainability and Wellness at Inova Health System. She discusses the role climate change plays in health outcomes, leveraging the voice of clinicians to combat this issue, and the role business leaders can play in bridging the conversation between climate change and health: “The opportunity to look at that intersectionality of climate, health, and equity is really a new opportunity, and it’s a new vantage point.” Sign up to receive weekly episodes right to your inbox: bit.ly/csbpodcastemail Submit your "Sustaining Sustainability" feedback and/or questions: bit.ly/csbpodcastfeedback This episode was researched, recorded, edited, and produced by Prof. CB Bhattacharya, Dr. Leslie Marshall, and Alyssa Martinec of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Sustainable Business. www.sustainablebusiness.pitt.edu Music: "Lively" by Dee Yan-Key From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC SA creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode

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