Children’s Health & Climate Change Symposium

The Rising Voices Changing Coasts (RVCC) Convergence Science Hub, Haskell USDA Extension Program, and the Haskell Office of Student Life are hosting the second annual Children’s Health and Climate Change Symposium November 13 and 14, 2025 at Haskell Indian Nations University. This year’s theme is - It’s All About Water.

In the face of global climate change many places now have so much water at times that it becomes deadly, while others have so little water it threatens life. Extreme weather events like flooding and droughts increasingly pose major health risks to our most vulnerable human populations – especially children.

This year’s Children’s Health and Climate Change Symposium: It’s All About Water will address the full range of climate-related health, wellness, and safety issues. We invite climate scientists, medical and environmental health professionals, and social scientists to share their work. Our target audience is students, especially undergraduate students, including those from tribal colleges and universities. The RVCC Convergence Science Hub aims to encourage students to consider careers in medicine, public, community, and environmental health by showing them the importance of having trained health professionals help prepare their communities to address the current and future climate-related health threats their children will likely face.