SPEAKER BIOS

Bruce is women's health physician, speaker, and author. Bruce has  been engaged with the climate crisis since 2007. He currently serves as  the Climate for Health Fellow at ecoAmerica, on the Editorial Board of  the Journal of Climate Change and Health, and  as Chair Emeritus of the Public Health Advisory Council in Southern  California.

In 2020, Bruce led the first comprehensive review of climate impacts on  births in the United States, published in the Journal of the American  Medical Association, which has been cited over 400 times in  peer-reviewed research and is currently referenced in policy  documents from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

An internationally sought-after keynote speaker, Bruce has delivered  over 100 talks on the perils and possibilities of climate change. His  recent TEDx talk, "The climate crisis isn't your fault— but it is your  problem," with 60,000+ views, is a call to action  for all healthcare professionals

Kristin  is a resident of Del Mar and a Family Physician at  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group (SRSMG) where she has practiced for the  past 24 years. She trained with ecoAmerica as a climate health  ambassador and serves on the Public Health Advisory  Council with San Diego's Climate Action Campaign. Kristin co-founded a  Climate and Planetary Health Committee at SRSMG to increase awareness  and engagement among physicians, staff and patients. She has an active  interest in educating her patients and the community  about the intersection between the climate, the environment and health.

Adam is a climate and ecological activist and professor of  psychology at the University of California San Diego. After a 20-year  career in neurosciences, he shifted his teaching and research to the  topic of social mobilization. He has been active  with the Green New Deal at UC San Diego, which won interim victories  for decarbonization in the 10 campus UC system, and with the Power San  Diego campaign for not-for-profit public ownership of the local electric  grid. He is the author of the book The Climate  Crisis: Science, Impacts, Policy, Psychology, Justice, Social  Movements, Cambridge University Press 2023.