Events & Opportunities

Office Hours to Develop Climate Health Curricula

April 14 | 12:00-1:00 PM EST Register here

May 19 | 2:00-3:00 PM EST Register here

June 10 | 1:00-2:00PM EST Register here

In order to advance the mission of ensuring that 100% of health professionals globally have the knowledge and skills to address the climate crisis and to accelerate the incorporation of climate change and planetary health information into educational curricula, the GCCHE is now offering virtual consultation with faculty peers with personal experience implementing climate and planetary health content into their own institution’s curricula!

Join us for "Office Hours to Develop Climate Health Curricula" to discuss your practical, administrative, and conceptual challenges to integrating curriculum at your institution, receive personalized support, and grow your collegial network.

This initiative is supported by the GCCHE Medical Working Group and the Climate Resources for Health Education (CRHE) team.

Student-Led CRHE Implementation • Monthly Education Series

The last Monday of each month  |  6:00 pm EST until May 26, 2025 

Dates in 2025: Mar 31, Apr 28 and May 26

Zoom Meeting ID: 969 0591 4920      Password: 334712    Phone or Conference Room Password: 334712

Climate Change and Health Boot Camp 

June 4-6, 2025 | 10:00am-5:00pm EDT | Online

The Climate Change and Health Boot Camp is a three-day intensive course designed to equip clinicians, scientists, and professionals in research, healthcare and public health with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively address climate change in their work. 

Led by physicians and public health experts with specialized training in Climate Change and Health, this workshop will integrate content-oriented lectures, skills-oriented class exercises, and group discussion of broader themes, challenges, and opportunities. Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to have an understanding of key topics in climate change and health and a personal action plan for engagement with these issues in their professional work.  Learn more and register.

Life Cycle Assessment Boot Camp

August 25-26 & October 6-7, 2025 | Online

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool used to quantify the environmental emissions of a product or process. It is used to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions from medical devices and procedures to aid in strategically decarbonizing health care. LCA literacy and competency is crucial in developing the evidence base to guide solutions in reducing the healthcare industry’s carbon footprint and is essential for anyone considering a career in sustainability, as LCA can be a valuable tool in managing the performance of a health organization.

The Life Cycle Assessment Boot Camp is a four-day intensive, hands-on course where an individual and/or team will learn the concepts of life cycle assessment (LCA) and analytic methods required to complete their own LCA with their team. Learn more and register. 

CAFE RCC, the Research Coordinating Center for Climate and Health based at Boston University School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health State of Science Webinar Series

Extreme Weather and Mental Health
April 3, 2025 | 12:00 pm ET
Speaker: Amruta Nori-Sarma, MPI of CAFE and Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Population Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Register now

WHO support for GCF country driven programming for the health sector; AFRO/EMRO (MENA) Regions Webinar

April 15, 2025 | 9:00 – 10:30 CET (Geneva time)

WHO is conducting a series of technical webinars on various climate change and health topics with the aim of building capacity for implementation at country level.

This WHO-GCF jointly organized webinar aims to provide guidance on accessing GCF funds for health-related activities under the new modalities of the GCF Readiness Programme. It will explore how readiness resources can be specifically utilized for climate change and health. Please refer to the concept note for more details. Register here. 

Keystone Symposia: Climate Change & Infectious Disease Threats(link is external and opens in a new window)

June 23-26, 2025  |  Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany

This conference will explore emerging research around how climate change is and will impact vector-borne disease and emerging zoonoses, from tropical to arctic regions around the globe. The program will span molecular to epidemiological insights, integrating our understanding of how environmental changes promote the emergence and spread of various infectious diseases with strategies for how to monitor and control such outbreaks. We will focus on critical areas of emerging climate and health science.

Key Deadlines:

• Short Talk Abstract Deadline: (March 25, 2025)
• Scholarship Abstract Deadline:  (March 25, 2025)
• Early Registration Deadline: (May 6, 2025)
• Abstract Deadline for Poster Presentation: (June 2, 2025)

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Nursing on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Education for Action | October 1 - December 3, 2024

As the most trusted health professional voices, the nursing community holds significant influence to protect patients. The goal of this course is to equip nurses globally with the knowledge and tools needed to prepare for local and global health-related impacts of a changing climate.

Africa Climate and Health Responders Course | September 17 - October 22, 2024

This course will equip African health professionals with the skills to identify, communicate, respond to, and prepare for climate-related health impacts. Consists of eleven, live-virtual 90-minute learning sessions targeted towards health professionals from all backgrounds.

Practical Climate Action for Caribbean Health Professionals: A How-To Series| Monthly Sessions

Monthly webinar series will focus on equipping health professionals with hands-on techniques, leadership strategies and teaching tools for promoting climate action in different settings. Sessions will include topics such as climate action in the community, writing policy briefs, effective climate communication strategies to patients and the media, and data sharing and analysis to support climate action and many more.

Climate Change & Public Health Curriculum - Member Learning Collaborative | March 21, 2024 

Learning Collaborative webinars provide opportunities for members to share and learn about strategies, challenges, and success stories for integrating climate and health education into health professions curricula. The GCCHE will host presentations from University of Pennsylvania (Public Health) and the Colby Sawyer College (Social Work).

Climate Forces on the Health and Well-being of Children on the Move in LAC/Fuerzas climaticas sobre la salud y el bienestar de los niños en movimiento en ALC | 5 de marzo de 2024

Climate change is an emerging yet understudied force on the health and well-being of international migrant children and adolescents. Over the past decade, we have seen a steady rise in the numbers of children traveling, especially unaccompanied or traveling with adults they do not know.  Social and health risks and vulnerabilities among migrant children have been recognised globally, yet the relevance of climate change as a direct and indirect driver of health outcomes is less understood. Local evidence from LAC can contribute to current global discussions around the health and protection of children on the move.

The Role of Public Health Schools in a Climate Changing World | Feb 21, 2024

Climate change poses significant health risks. Public Health professionals play a vital role, and training institutions must prepare future professionals to address climate-related health challenges effectively. Participate in this discussion where leading voices from the field will explore proactive measures public health schools can take to incorporate climate and planetary health into their curricula to ensure this generation of health professionals is equipped to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate-related health impacts.

Careers

Fellowships and Post-doctoral Positions

An Expression of Interest process is opening for the upcoming Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships(link is external and opens in a new window)).  The scheme provides two types of fellowship open to any discipline and to candidates with a PhD and no more than 8 years’ experience post PhD.

1) European Fellowships – supporting fellowships hosted solely our Centre in Hamburg. Typically, 24 months in duration, and open to individuals of any nationality who have spent less than 12 months in the past 36 months in Germany.

2) Global Fellowships – supporting fellowships hosted at our Centre in Hamburg, combining an ‘outgoing’ phase at an organisation outside the EU (12-24 months) with a ‘return’ phase to Hamburg (12 months). Open to nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States and Associated Countries, who have not spent more than 12 months in the last 36 months in the country.

The call is anticipated to open on 9 April 2025 with a deadline of 10 September 2025 (TBC). Interested candidates will be required to submit (i) a CV and (ii) a two-page project proposal by 30th March 2025. 

The Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University is recruiting one PhD student ($30k/year for four years, full tuition waiver, and other benefits) to work with the role of biodiversity markets and their effects on forests and grasslands conservation and public health.The incoming student will work closely with the IUCN Forests and Grassland Team based in Washington, DC. Prior educational or work experiences in public health, conservation practices, or a combination of both are encouraged. A publication record is encouraged but not required. Specific skills (e.g., GIS, R) in managing large spatial datasets related to ecological and health sectors are encouraged. This position is relevant for students interested in making careers in several federal and state agencies, non-profits, sustainability-oriented corporations, and universities. Underrepresented national/international students are welcome to apply. More information is available at this Dropbox weblink(link is external and opens in a new window). The application deadline is March 31, 2025

Internships:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (link is external and opens in a new window)accepts applications for various volunteer internships.

Find internship opportunities with the American Public Health Association (APHA)(link is external and opens in a new window).

Find a list of current Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)(link is external and opens in a new window)fellowships and internships.

• Wallace Global Fund supports projects related to ecological collapse and climate change, among other key topics.

• Find information on climate and health financial resources on the World Health Organization website.
• The Financing the Climate-Health Nexus: A Tool for Accessing Funds summarizes funds that are the most relevant and feasible for climate-health initiatives.
• Read a report on climate and health philanthropic opportunities.
• Read an informational blog on climate and health philanthropic opportunities and funding information by Matt James, Health Affairs, March 30, 2017.

The Journal on Climate and Health is accepting submissions to its Special Issue: Advancing and integrating climate and health policies.

Submissions should consider barriers, opportunities, and/or strategies for advancing climate and health policy. We welcome submissions from any region and geographic scale, from local to international, and using any methodology, such as surveys, interviews, case studies, content analyses, experiments, reviews, and commentaries. Learn more and submit here. Submissions are due June 30, 2025.

Climate Change and Health Certificate Program Online With Yale University’s Center for Climate Change and Health

The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health is now accepting applications for the thirteenth offering of our 21-week, fully online, Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for working professionals, including public health professionals, clinicians, mental health professionals, health educators, policymakers, environmental professionals, government officials, advocates, ESG consultants, and insurance and actuarial professionals. Participants in this program are trained to: 

1. Explain the health impacts of climate change and the near-term benefits of mitigating greenhouse gases; 
2. Discuss the specific climate change and health issues faced by the Caribbean, South Asia, or Sub-Saharan Africa; 
3. Devise adaptation strategies to increase community or organizational resilience to the health consequences of climate change and improve health equity; and 
4. 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.  

The offering will begin on March 31, 2025. We award scholarships based on merit to outstanding professionals working with low-income communities, or those residing in low- and lower-middle income countries. Candidates can visit the certificate website to learn more about the program and start their application. The application deadline is Friday, March 28, 2025. 

University of Colorado Climate & Heath Program Diploma in Climate Medicine Certificates

The University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Diploma in Climate Medicine is an innovative professional leadership program designed for clinicians seeking to address the growing health impacts of climate change. Through a 300-hour curriculum, participants gain hands-on training, expert-led education, and the tools to become effective advocates for climate-smart healthcare and policy. The program is flexible—choose individual 60-hour Certificates that align with your interests or complete all five to earn the full Diploma. Join a dynamic community of health professionals working at the intersection of climate and health. Earn continuing education credits, a professional certificate, and micro credentials from the University of Colorado. Learn more and register today. 
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Climate for Health, Ambassador Training Program- This free, three-hour training equips health professionals with the knowledge, hands-on experience, and resources to speak and act confidently on climate change solutions. Three units of Continuing Medical Education or Nursing CE are available upon completion. Through the generous support of our donors, we are able to offer this course at no cost to you or the training participants.