At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the importance of framing humanitarian crises through a planetary lens;
• recognise the environmental crisis as a catalyst or exacerbator of humanitarian crises, and that most vulnerable countries and people are most affected;
• understand how climate change, pollution of air and water, biodiversity loss, disruption to our food production system, and changing patterns of diseases are affecting human health and healthcare systems;
• analyse how acute climate-related shocks (e.g. floods, sea level rising) or chronic (e.g. drought and desertification) increase human mobility;
• learn more about policies addressing the environmental crisis;
• examine how organisations address environmental degradation through operational adaptation and mitigation practices to limit their ecological footprint;
• utiles tools available to conduct environmental and health assessments.

Structure of the course

• Definition and scope of planetary health
• Conflict and the environment
• Conflict-related issues and social/gender inclusion
• Food and water scarcity
• Infectious diseases
• Anticipating extreme weather events to reduce their impact
• Climate change, migration and health nexus
• Air pollution and health systems
• The loss of biodiversity

Workload

Around 20-25 hours of work each week, including:
• Asynchronous self-study activities (such as case studies, videos, recorded slideshows, readings, etc.)
• Synchronous live sessions.