Events

June 12-14, 2024

Virtual

This training will give participants knowledge and skills that will help them improve clinical care and public health practice, prepare for climate change impacts, and integrate climate change information into long-term research or management decision-making.

This three-day intensive boot camp combines content on the mechanisms and health impacts of climate change with practical approaches to mitigation and adaptation that participants can apply to their professional work. Led by physicians and public health experts with specialized training in Climate Change and Health, this workshop will integrate content-oriented lectures, skills-oriented class exercises, and group discussion of broader themes, challenges, and opportunities. Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to have an understanding of key topics in climate change and health and a personal action plan for engagement with these issues in their professional work.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics:

• Causes of climate change and the contribution of the health system to climate change
• Current, evidence-based mechanisms connecting climate change to health impacts
• Implications of climate change for health equity
• How to access climate projections, information on projected health impacts, and information to support long-term planning and research
• Clinical actions to consider in climate-affected patients
• Principals of healthcare system and public health resilience planning in the context of climate change
• Principals of climate and health communication with a variety of stakeholders
• Case studies on successful engagement with climate and health issues by individuals, institutions, and communities

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