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Online Courses & Programs

General

Planning

  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center,  “Scenario Planning Toward Climate Change Adaptation”: Target audience: natural resource managers, conservation professionals, and planners. This overview course will introduce the core elements of scenario planning and expose participants to a diversity of approaches and specific scenario development techniques that incorporate both qualitative and quantitative components. Offered twice per-year, $995, 36-hour course.

  • NOAA Office for Coastal Management, “Adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities”: Attend this course to gain a thorough grounding and practical skills for incorporating adaptation strategies into planning processes.

Policy and Communication

  • University of London, SOAS University of London, “Global Energy and Climate Policy”, Coursera: An introduction to the theoretical and practical understanding of how energy and climate change policies are designed, shaped, advocated and implemented. Free 13-hour course.

  • InnoEnergy, EIT Health, “The Impact of Climate Change on Public Health”, Future Learn https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/climate-change-public-health: Explore the impact of climate change on public health, and discover ways to influence behaviors and policies at all levels. Free four-week course.

  • The University of Queensland, “Making Sense of Climate Science Denial”, edX: Learn to make sense of the science and to respond to climate change denial. Free 7-week course.

Water

Focused or Region Specific

  • Maryland Leadership Climate Academy, Certified Climate Change Professional® (CC-P®) Credential Training Programs: Tailored for Maryland and the mid-Atlantic United States. Teaches participants integrate climate change into their decision-making and professional activities. Maryland focus. This program is designed to help participants build competencies to effectively integrate climate change into their decision-making and professional activities, as well as to advance their entrepreneurship and leadership skills. Leveraging a combination of on-demand online training resources and live online cohort training, this workshop series will prepare attendees for the CC-P® and CC-P® Candidate exams and satisfy most elective requirements for the credential.

  • The Yale School of Public Health, “Climate Change and Health Certificate”: GCCHE members receive a 10% tuition discount (please indicate if you are a member in the application). All components of the Climate Change and Health Certificate are online; there are no residential requirements. The program consists of three courses, each running 6 weeks. Cost $2000 (All three courses).

Coastal

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Education

  • Lal A, Walsh E, Weatherell A, Slimings C. Climate change education in public health and medical curricula in Australian and New Zealand Universities: a mixed methods study of barriers and areas for further action. Published online June 16, 2021:2021.06.11.21258793. doi:10.1101/2021.06.11.21258793

  • Orhan R, Middleton J, Krafft T, Czabanowska K. Climate Action at Public Health Schools in the European Region. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(4):1518. doi:10.3390/ijerph18041518

  • Krasna H, Czabanowska K, Jiang S, et al. The Future of Careers at the Intersection of Climate Change and Public Health: What Can Job Postings and an Employer Survey Tell Us? Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(4):E1310. doi:10.3390/ijerph17041310

Infectious Disease

  • Oguntomole O, Nwaeze U, Eremeeva ME. Tick-, Flea-, and Louse-Borne Diseases of Public Health and Veterinary Significance in Nigeria. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018;3(1):3. doi:10.3390/tropicalmed3010003

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