Over the past 15 years, there has been an increasing commitment to educate and develop the health workforce on the impacts of climate change, integrating key competencies related to climate into medical education and training. Modifications in medical training include the introduction of new core competencies such as climate change into global health curriculum.
However, to effectively tackle the health impacts of climate change, we argue that integrating climate into medical and public health education is insufficient; rather, we call for an integration of climate and health into a wider variety of disciplines. We are a consortium of researchers working on climate and health from Bangladesh, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, the Philippines, Uganda, and the USA, and we come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. We represent educators, researchers, and students. In this Comment, we argue that climate and health curriculum and competencies that are being proposed for the medical community should also be integrated into the curricula of many additional disciplines.
The Lancet Planetary Health — Authors: Erin Coughlan de Pereza ∙ Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhuryb ∙ Glecy Atienzac ∙ Sonia Binte Murshedb ∙ Ramon Christopher A Caballeroc ∙ Dennis De La Torrec ∙ Aira Joy Delos Angelesc ∙ Desderius Haufikud ∙ Alexa Samantha R Hernandezc ∙ Md. Monirul Islamb ∙ Kenneth Lekatsae ∙ Selma Lendelvof ∙ Tandi Litwayif ∙ Makoala V Marakee ∙ Joalane Marunyee ∙ Mashfiqus Salehinb ∙ Kebitsamang Mothibee ∙ Elena Naumovaa ∙ Mothusi Nyofanee ∙ Garimoi Christopher Orachg ∙ Mecthilde Pintod ∙ Leah Poole-Seltersa ∙ Md. Hasanur Rahmanb ∙ Relebohile Agnes Mojakie ∙ Mamakase Grace Selloe ∙ Shampab ∙ Akriti Sharmaa ∙ Nazifa Tabassumb ∙ Carolyn Van Santa