Human Health and Climate Change
Human health is directly affected by the weather, climate variability and climate change. This course explains how mitigation and adaptation policies and measures can benefit human health. It also presents tools and examples to assess and integrate health within climate change policies and strategies.
What you will learn
After completing this specialized module, you will be able to:
- Explain how weather, climate variability and climate change can affect human health.
- Describe the health benefits of mitigation and adaptation policies and measures in health and related sectors.
- Identify a variety of tools to assess and integrate health within climate change policies and strategies, and integrate climate change within health policies and strategies.
- Provide examples of how countries are responding to the health challenges posed by climate change, including taking advantage of the opportunities.
Course at a glance
This specialized module has three sections:
- Climate Change and Human Health
- Adaptation: Building Health Systems’ Resilience to Climate Change
- The Mutual Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation and Health Policies
Completion requirements
Once the quiz is completed with above 70% of passing scores, you will receive a certificate of completion from WHO and UNITAR. You have three attempts to each quiz.