Description: Effective climate action that simultaneously acts to reduce inequalities must focus on climate justice if climate action is to result in resilient communities. We will focus on the science of climate change and health impacts through the lens of climate justice and environmental justice (EJ) for disproportionately impacted communities.
Learning Objectives: Learning objectives for this course are:
a. Explain key features of the phenomenon of climate change (and the associated climate justice) including major drivers, time course, uncertainties, impact and distribution of associated risks
b. Describe the major health-relevant exposures, specific to disparate communities, that are sensitive to climate change
c. Describe the major anticipated health effects associated with exposures to disparate communities affected by climate change
d. Discuss the health impacts of climate change specific to vulnerable populations
e. Explain important tools used for assessing vulnerability of disparate communities to climate change impacts
f. Discuss prevention, adaptation, and mitigation actions, with considerations of climate justice, to prevent and control anticipated exposures due to climate change
g. Evaluate policy options for climate change resilience, mitigation and adaptation at the global, national, institutional and individual scales
h. Discuss public health responses to anticipated climate change-related health outcomes in disparate communities
