Earth Day with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra

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The Hopkins Business of Health Initiative welcomes Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, for a fireside chat about health and climate—the threat to human health, the challenge of environmental justice, and the Biden administration's unprecedented efforts to help hospitals and health systems reduce their own considerable carbon footprint.

Following the conversation with the secretary is a panel discussion with voices from inside health care—how the industry and health care providers are trying to bring about change. With the health sector currently responsible for 8.5% of the country's greenhouse emissions, it's a big task.

Coffee precedes the fireside chat at 8:30 a.m.