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Climate Change and Health (POPH90303)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | April - Dual-Delivery |
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This subject will teach students the fundamental links between climate, climate change and human health. Students will be exposed to the global frameworks underpinning climate change and human health, including widely used decision-support tools such as Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments. Themes will include justice, co-design of solutions and how human health links in with Climate Resilient Development (CRD). The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment will form a core basis for the subject, along with WHO guidance materials and panel discussions with policymakers, practitioners and researchers.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically evaluate and analyse how climate change impacts health outcomes, particularly in relation to vulnerable populations.
- Demonstrate an understanding of climate change-related research and its contribution to health programs and policy making.
- Evaluate the principles and practices underpinning climate change adaptation and mitigation responses.
- Plan a climate change mitigation or adaptation strategy to improve health outcomes using internationally recognised frameworks
- Effectively communicate scientific and technical issues pertinent to climate change and health to diverse audiences.
- Incorporate principles for co-designing solutions in plans for adaptation, mitigation and/or sustainable development to address current and future human health challenges presented by climate change.
Generic skills
- Application of theory to practical problems
- Evidence-based decision making
- Critical reasoning and thinking
- Communication of a scientific argument to a variety of audiences
Last updated: 22 August 2024