The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH) is now accepting applications for the fourteenth offering of its 18-week, fully online, Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for working professionals, including those working in public health, medicine and allied fields, mental health, health education, policy, environmental protection, energy, sustainability, government, advocacy, insurance, and other related fields. Participants in this program are trained to:
Explain the health impacts of climate change and the near-term benefits of mitigating greenhouse gases;
Devise adaptation strategies to increase community or organizational resilience to the health consequences of climate change and improve health equity; and
Communicate effectively about climate change and health to enhance adaptive capacity, motivate positive changes in climate-related behaviors, and promote civic engagement to support systemic change.
Application deadline: Monday, August 17, 2026
Classes begin: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Candidates can visit the certificate website (https://ysph.yale.edu/cchcert/) to learn more about the program and start their application here.