article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama this morning put a human face on the harmful effects climate change can have on Malia.
article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama this morning put a human face on the harmful effects climate change can have on public health - President Barack Obama daughter Malia . '
article_snippet.sent: While most Americans see climate change hitting their communities through extreme weather events – from more severe droughts and wildfires to more powerful hurricanes and record heat waves – there are other threats climate change poses to the American people,' the White House said in a fact sheet outlining the new public health campaign.
article_snippet.sent: Most at risk for climate change related health problems are children, the elderly, the poor, people who are already sick 'and some communities of color,' the White House said. '
article_snippet.sent: At a Washington, D.C. college yesterday, Obama put a finer point on the argument and contended that 'all of our families are going to be vulnerable' to global warming induced health risks because 'you can’t cordon yourself off from air or from climate.'
article_snippet.sent: his administration will also convene a White House Climate Change and Health Summit this spring, led by Attorney General Vivek Murthy, that will bring medial professionals and academics together for a discussion on how to reduce the impacts of climate change on the public's health. '
article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama, center left, participates in a roundtable discussion on the impacts of climate change on public health with Attorney General Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general, left, Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), second from right, and Charlotte Wallace, sustainability coordinator at Anne Arundel Medical Center, third from right, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday .
article_snippet.sent: Obama said 'all of our families are going to be vulnerable' to global warming induced health risks because 'you can’t cordon yourself off from air or from climate.'
article_snippet.sent: And the impacts of climate change could make this situation worse.'