Overheated (6/27/13)
b'\\u201cClimate change will be the biggest health issue of my grandchild\\u2019s lifetime and my great-grandchildren\\u2019s lifetime\\u2026we will be looking at somewhere in the range of half a billion lives being affected profoundly by the impacts of climate change,\\u201d according to Dr. Richard Joseph Jackson, professor at the UCLA School of Public Health. As increasing temperatures amplify natural disasters and impact water supplies, people in the U.S. and around the world will face greater health health risks. Meanwhile, resource scarcity may lead to worldwide conflict, like \\u201cputting a vice on an existing crisis \\u2013 there\\u2019s no guarantee it\\u2019ll flame up, but it makes it more likely,\\u201d said UC Berkeley Law School professor Andrew Guzman. This conversation offers a sobering view of the cost of rising temperatures, along with solutions for a more sustainable future. Andrew Guzman, Professor, UC Berkeley Law School; Author, Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change Richard Joseph Jackson, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; Host of the four-part public TV program, Designing Healthy Communities This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on June 27, 2013\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'