Primary Convener:
Alamin Molla, Arizona State University

Convener:
Yun Hang, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Veronica Southerland, Environmental Defense Fund DC
Paige Varner, Environmental Defense Fund
Meagan Weisner, Environmental Defense Fund

Chair:
David Sailor, Arizona State University
Yang Liu, Emory University

Extreme heat, air pollution (e.g., PM_2.5, O₃ related), and greenhouse gas emissions are intensifying worldwide, driven by factors ranging from climate change, urban development to the oil and natural gas supply chain. Each of these stressors poses serious risks to human health, and ecosystems, and in some cases, they interact to amplify impacts. This session brings together interdisciplinary research to examine these challenges individually or in combination, across diverse geographic and sectoral contexts. We invite studies that: (1) quantify spatial and temporal patterns or feedback among heat, pollution, and GHGs; (2) assess health or environmental impacts using observational, modeling, or machine learning approaches; and (3) evaluate mitigation strategies—such as clean energy transitions, emissions reductions, and nature-based solutions—considering co-benefits and trade-offs. We especially welcome research that engages communities, centers equity, or informs policy to reduce heat exposure, improve air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Index Terms
0230 Impacts of climate change: human health
0240 Public health
4315 Monitoring, forecasting, prediction
4325 Megacities and urban environment

Suggested Itineraries:
Disasters‚ Calamities and Extreme Events
Climate Change and Global Policy
Machine Learning and AI
Community and People-Powered Science
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies
Environmental Justice

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
A - Atmospheric Sciences
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus