Fulbright Fellowship for Climate Futures researcher

Climate social scientist Dr Gabi Mocatta has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship to undertake research in the US. As a Fulbright Scholar, Gabi will be visiting the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work will focus on climate and health, including how we better understand health systems’ and communities’ climate-health information needs.

“Climate change is the leading global health threat of the 21st Century, but health systems almost everywhere are relatively unprepared,” said Dr Mocatta. “My Fulbright scholarship will create new insights into how we best translate complex climate science information for health systems and the communities they serve. Adapting healthcare for climate impacts is crucial for healthy futures.”

Gabi is an interdisciplinary academic who researches communicational responses to climate change. Her multifocal work takes place at the site where climate change science, public understanding, collective discourse on climate change and environmental policy intersect. She has recently focused on climate science translation for health system preparedness and adaptation in response to climate change.