“How Heat, Air Quality & Trees Affect Our Health”

Tues June 9, 2026 

@ 5:30 - 6:30 pm 

on Zoom

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4F20im7cSDu4ZuiGfYXRSg

A Webinar in the Series “What Voters Should Know This Election Year” 

Environmental Committee, Newton Democratic City Committee

As climate change heats up our world, how does that affect our health? Come find out about the relationships that heat, air quality, and urban trees have to illness and mortality rates. 

Learn how these are public health issues that state and local policies can improve, so you can talk effectively with officials and legislators about the measures that best serve us all.

Presentations (with Q&A): 

“Trees as Nature-Based Solutions for Heat Risk Reduction”

Robert McDonald, PhD; Lead Scientist for Nature-Based Solutions & Lead Scientst for Europe, The Nature Conservancy (Europe)

“Heat Illness: Policies for Protecting Vulnerable Residents and Workers”

Roger Luckmann, MD & MPH; Professor Emeritus, Family Medicince and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School

“The Health Impacts of Air Pollution--and What You Can Do To Prevent Them”

Brita Lundberg, MD; Board of Directors, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health Committee, Massachusetts Medical Society