Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Yet these impacts to health are still not well recognized. Since you can’t change what you don’t understand, this course is designed to equip health and environmental professionals, as well as other changemakers and the public, with critical and usable knowledge to take positive action. The course begins with an introduction to the science of climate change and how climate change affects human health. It takes a deep dive into climate change’s adverse health effects, including those related to extreme heat, waterborne infections, insect-borne diseases, and exposure to storms and floods. Throughout, the theme of health equity is interwoven by pointing to what factors make some populations more vulnerable than others to climate change’s negative health impacts. Finally, the course explains how measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can not only limit future climate change but can also generate substantial immediate health “co-benefits” over and above the benefit of reducing climate change.
Este curso faz parte do Programa de cursos integrados Climate Change and Health: From Science to Action
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Informações sobre o curso
Basic knowledge of climate change. A course in natural sciences and/or human health may be helpful, but not required
O que você vai aprender
Describe how and why the climate is changing and is predicted to change in the future
Describe the range of adverse health impacts of climate change
Explain the determinants of vulnerability to extreme weather (heat, storms, and floods)
Summarize the current understanding of how climate change affects the incidence of infectious diseases
Habilidades que você terá
Basic knowledge of climate change. A course in natural sciences and/or human health may be helpful, but not required
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Universidade Yale
For more than 300 years, Yale University has inspired the minds that inspire the world. Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale brings people and ideas together for positive impact around the globe. A research university that focuses on students and encourages learning as an essential way of life, Yale is a place for connection, creativity, and innovation among cultures and across disciplines.
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Welcome to Introduction to Climate Change and Health!
This course begins with an introduction to the science of climate change and how climate change affects human health. It takes a deep dive into climate change’s adverse health effects, including those related to extreme heat, waterborne infections, insect-borne diseases, and exposure to storms and floods. Throughout, the theme of health equity is interwoven by pointing to factors that make some populations more vulnerable than others to climate change’s negative health impacts. Finally, the course explains how measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can not only limit future climate change but can also generate substantial immediate health “co-benefits” over and above the benefit of reducing climate change.
Fundamentals of Climate Change
Why and how is the climate changing? What changes are predicted in the future under different climate change scenarios?
Overview of Health Impacts of Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation, and Co-benefits
How does climate change impact health, and what populations are especially vulnerable to these impacts? How can mitigating climate change provide public health benefits in the short- and long-term?
Extreme Weather: Heat, Storms, & Floods
How does extreme weather, including heat, storms, and floods, negatively impact human health? What populations are most vulnerable to these health effects and why? How are these negative health effects projected to change in the future under climate change?
Water-borne Infections and Vector-borne Diseases
What is the relationship between climate change and disease? In particular, how does climate change affect the spread, distribution, and incidence of certain water-borne diseases and vector-borne diseases?
Course conclusion
Avaliações
Principais avaliações do INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH
I really enjoyed this course. The complex terms are well explained and the examples and information provided is easy to digest. It really makes you look at the world in a whole different way.
Very insightful course about fundamentals of climate, climate change, health effects related to air pollution, highlighted statistics, co-beneftis etc. Thank you for this Yale University.
Well sone and wall laid out. Covers a lot of material, studies and analysis and varying opinions. I learned a lot from this class and would recommend it to anyone in any field.
Thanks to Yale University. This is really very informative course for beginners who needs to know each dynamics of the protection of our nature by combating the climate change.
Sobre Programa de cursos integrados Climate Change and Health: From Science to Action
Climate change is arguably the greatest public health threat we face. To address it successfully, health and environmental professionals, advocates, and others need to acquire new skills and a deeper understanding of its challenges and solutions. This specialization is for those who wish to understand the impact of climate change on health and are committed to protecting the health of populations using the knowledge and skills they will acquire.
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