WASHINGTON (AP) – A canceled conference on climate change and health is back on but apparently minus the U.S. government.
Former Vice President Al Gore, the University of Washington, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the American Public Health Association are resurrecting the meeting set for next month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had planned the conference then canceled it in December.
CDC officials didn’t say why they canceled the Atlanta convention.
Health Association Executive Director Dr. Georges Benjamin said the one-day conference is moving from the CDC to the Carter Center. Gore will still be one of the two keynote speakers.
Benjamin said the new plan fills a void, but changes the agenda. He doesn’t know if government officials will attend.