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Green Practice News – The Climate Issue June 2025

My Green Doctor

According to the World Health Organization, climate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths every year worldwide between 2030 and 2050. They will occur where health systems are weakest and climate impacts are harshest—through malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, respiratory failure, and heat stress.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

Today we find inspiration for my kids: there are adults who care deeply about this issue, particularly for older adults who are much more vulnerable to health effects of climate change. Summary Transcript Summary To my teenagers, climate change is an existential crisis. It’s the end of the world as we know it. Ruth: Thank you.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

How has the history of redlining and the federal tax subsidy of wealthy (mostly white) people in the form of a mortgage interest deduction contributed to racial inequalities in homelessness? What can we do about it? What are the highest yield interventions and policy changes? What should we call it – homeless or unhoused? Eric: I love this.