Climate change is upon us, and it is impacting the health of people across the globe, across California and in our communities. Many people are concerned about this crisis but feel frustrated that they are not able to help.
On August 2, 2025, at the Basques Cultural Center, the RPA Summer Luncheon, Art Bakal will moderate a panel with three members of the RPA and a practicing physician who will give a presentation to summarize the current state of the climate crisis and its health impacts. We will then go over simple actions that each of us can do to lower our carbon footprint.
Bret Andrews will enlighten us with an in-depth talk on home electrification.
Next, we will have the panel review what they are doing as part of organizations that aim to change governmental policies. This way, we can make society-wide changes. First, Amanda Millstein, a pediatrician in Richmond and cofounder of Climate Health Now, will talk about the health problems that she is seeing that are currently related to the changing climate. She then will discuss the local and state governmental policies that her organization is working to have enacted. Jeff Ritterman will let us know about his decades of work with Physicians for Social Responsibility. Don Forrester will talk about his experience teaching classes about climate change at the Renaissance Institute and at the Extinction Rebellion.
