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The Impact of Climate Change on Public Health
Closed
Course
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English
16 h
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- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on September 8, 2019
- Ends on October 5, 2019
Course details
Syllabus
What topics will you cover?
- What are the climate change themes and trends in relation to public health and is there anything we can do to improve things?
- Who are the key contributors to climate change, what are they doing and how are their harmful activities being countered?
- How can we prove that the impact on health is linked to climate change?
- How to implement an action plan to improve health outcomes impacted by climate change
Prerequisite
This course is suitable for anyone interested in climate change or health, particularly those working in public or private healthcare organisations or academic research in this area.
Instructors
Edward Meinert
I am a chartered engineer and my research interests are centred on software engineering, digital health and applying public health to global challenges.
Kris Murray
I am an ecologist with interests in global change, conservation and health. I work on problems where these key themes are interconnected.
Editor
EIT Digital is a pan-European education and research-based innovation organisation founded on excellence. The mission of EIT Digital is to drive European leadership in ICT innovation for economic growth and quality of life. EIT Digital is a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. By linking education, research and business, EIT Digital empowers ICT top talents for the future and brings ICT innovations to life. The ecosystem is characterised by an open and collaborative way of working with partners representing global companies, leading research centres, and top ranked universities in the field of ICT. Since 2010, EIT Digital is consistently mobilising talents, ideas, technologies, investments as well as business across Europe and beyond. For more information, visit www.eitdigital.eu.
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.
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