Public Health & Collaborative Governance in Extreme Heat Response

This Climate & Health Seminar featured Dr. Sara Allin, Director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO) and Associate Professor of Health Policy, at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, at the University of Toronto. This talk shared findings from a CIHR-funded project exploring the governance of extreme heat responses in Canada, combining evidence from a scoping review, to investigate the role public health authorities in climate action, and stakeholder interviews, to identify and assess governance mechanisms supporting collaborative action on extreme heat in three cities. Implications for public health authorities and their role in climate action and broader climate resilience was discussed.