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How Cities Can Use Data to Transform Disaster Response

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Hear from Dr. Andrew Schroeder how cities can break down data silos and build integrated, actionable platforms to better respond to public health and environmental emergencies. Schroeder explains to host Harvard Pr. Stephen Goldsmith the role of emerging...

New Tool Maps Deadly Heat Risks in California

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If it seems like more and more news headlines are revolving around higher temperatures and heat waves across the United States this summer, you’re not imagining it. 2024 was the hottest year on record , surpassing the last previous hottest year: 2023 . A...

Wicked Hot Mapping: Citizen Science in Boston and Beyond

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On a blazing-hot day in July 2019, dozens of volunteer citizen scientists piled into their cars and drove along pre-assigned routes looping through Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline with a device on a white stick protruding from their cars. Their task? To...

Lessons from Mayors: Advancing Climate Action

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“Everything, to me, connects to public health.” Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore On April 17th, the Community Data Health Initiative (CDHI) held a session at the 11th annual African American Mayors Association (AAMA) conference in Washington, DC. Titled...

Addressing Air Pollution in Your Cities

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To access a PDF version of this information, please download here . By offering multiple formats we hope that this information can be more easily shared, emailed, or printed. This was produced as part of the Community Data Health Initiative , generously...