Climate Change and Health

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)
• Planetary Health and the case of transformation
• 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
• Transformational change and health co-benefits

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 - detailed schedule will follow

Registration:

Registration is now closed.

Certificate:

A Certificate of Attendance will be available upon request to those completing at least 80% of the course for an administrative fee of €50. Please register for a certificate here (IMPORTANT: please use this link only if you are already registered for the course).