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Climate Change, Sustainability, and Global Public Health

In this course, learners will be introduced to two major environmental health challenges facing the world today. The first is climate change - the preeminent threat to public health today, and a threat that will impact every human and ecosystem on the planet. We will evaluate the causes and impacts of climate change, as well as policies and approaches that can be used to reduce the impacts of climate change on human health. The second is sustainability, a concept that can be applied to reduce the impacts of human activities on the environment as well as human health. We will explore different sustainability frameworks, as well as the effects of different energy generation sources on the environment and public health.

Type of Course: MOOC

Instructor(s): Richard Neitzel

Platform: Coursera

Duration: 4 weeks

Series: Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health

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