
This course has been accredited by tropEd Network for Higher Education Institutions in International Health.
Next Dates: the course will not take place in 2023 - we are currently working on an alternative
Registration Deadline: tba
Course credits: 3 ECTS
Costs: EUR 600
Location: online (tutor-facilitated)
Content:
- introduction to climate science and climate change
- associations between climate change and human health, presentation of observed and projected health impacts (beneficial and adverse effects) and discussion of selected example
- concepts of climate change health adaptation and climate change mitigation, incl. economics of adaptation and mitigation and health co-benefits of climate change mitigation in the health sector and in other sectors (e.g. urban planning, food production and nutrition, transport)
- current status of climate change mitigation and health adaptation on institutional, city, country and global level
- frameworks of climate change, the health aspects of the SDG framework and planetary health with focus on interlinkages and synergies
- transformational change concepts and examples in different sectors
- concept of becoming a change agent, including examples and the opportunity to practice
- first steps in designing and co-creating a transformational change agenda
Learning objectives:
At the end of the module, the participants will be able to:
- recognize the basic mechanisms of climate change and other key dimensions of planetary health, explain its main drivers and observed and projected consequences,
- illustrate observed and projected health impacts of climate change, present the concept of health adaptation measures and give examples,
- explain health co-benefits of climate change mitigation measures in other sectors and provide examples,
- associate the health aspect of climate change with international climate change frameworks and agreements and with the wider sustainable development and planetary health agenda,
- construct an argument for the need of transformational change in the context of climate change & planetary health, and use new methods for creating a transformational case/agenda, and
- identify the case for transformation to advocate for the climate change & health agenda and co-create a draft transformational agenda in a concrete local context/institution, jointly with key stakeholders.
Course Schedule:
- synchronous sessions
- asynchronous sessions: in between synchronous sessions, no more than 2-3 meetings per month (tutor-facilitated)