Educational Resource Hub
This crowd-sourced database of educational resources is meant to encompass any tools relevant to people working in the climate and health space. This might include submissions by the content authors themselves, or simply recommendations from community members for resources they have found helpful. This collection includes only links directing users to existing resources - it is not meant to house or archive content.
Keep in mind, this is a crowd-sourced database. CAFE does not verify the quality nor endorse the use of any materials included in this database. Make sure to follow the terms of use and attribution requirements specific to each resource. If you have created or used sources that would be relevant to the community of practice, please add it to the database by entering it in the submission form below.
A video lecture discussing the impact of extreme heat events on individuals over age 65 and the mitigation of lives lost and affected.
This free, self-paced, online training equips health professionals with the knowledge, hands-on experience, and resources to speak and take action on climate change in their homes, neighborhoods, workplaces, communities, and beyond. Three continuing education credits are available upon completion of this 4-hour training.
A video lecture discussing a daily homogenized temperature product to assess long-term trends in extreme heat events and associated health impacts in the United States. This tool can be used to identify heat event length and severity for the entire United States going back to 1895.
In part three of our series on climate change and health we examine how environmental changes will affect not only the food we can grow, but how they will make what we're already growing less nutritious.
In the context of ecosystem approaches to health, stepping back and thinking critically about health is a part of the process. Health can be defined in various and contrasting ways depending on one’s standpoint, perspective or values. For example, public health authorities might define health differently than ecologists working in aquatic ecosystems or Indigenous communities in Northern Canada or representatives of petroleum companies. When differing worldviews come together, the process of negotiating health is complex. Nonetheless, it is also essential for understanding the issues and proposing actions and policies that are equitable, inclusive and sustainable.The process of negotiating and defining health helps frame health issues within current cultural, economic and political contexts, and within our own research or practice. It also enables us to choose the methodology and tools best suited to measure and/or define health in that context. It is also necessary to understand the structures that exist and look at them from a critical perspective to see how they hinder or promote health.
In part four of our series on climate change and health we explore how environmental changes may have wide-ranging effects on mental health around the world.
Global environmental changes caused by human activities are already causing deaths and ill health. Heatwaves, storms and floods are increasingly frequent and severe including in theUK, and around the world there is reduced food and water security, increased risk of infectious diseases, and deteriorating air quality. Associated with these changes are mental health impacts and reducing economic and social stability. Strong action from all sectors of society is urgently needed both to limit the crisis and to respond to the adverse impacts.The provision of healthcare is, itself, a leading contributor to global heating and environmental degradation, responsible for around 5% of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. Health professionals are well placed to understand the science and communicate the threat to health, and must be educated to understand the urgency and scale of the issues and how to act to address them in professional life and clinical practice.
This interdisciplinary (medical, nursing, and public health), international course will examine the impact of climate change on human health in Finland, India, Nigeria, and the U.S. Faculty (professors) and students from different regions of the world (Finland, India, Nigeria, & US) will study climate health science; strategies of mitigation and adaptation; local, national, and international policy; and real-time ground-level climate realities from each participating nation.
Crowd-Sourced Climate Change and Health Educational Resources Collection Submission Form
Do you have a resource you’d like to share with the community in this educational resource collection? Please fill out the submission form below.
Your entry will be checked to ensure the content is appropriate, but will not be assessed for accuracy or completeness, and no other quality checks will be done.
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Please fill out the form to add a resource you think might be helpful for the climate change and health community of practice.
The type of resources that should be shared here are one of the following:
- Book or reference text (e.g. textbook or guidebook on best practices or other essential knowledge)
- Code repository (e.g. a GitHub code bank of an existing analysis)
- Online code tutorial or vignette (e.g. a walkthrough of specific code or methods with examples and explanations)
- Online course (e.g. a series of learning objectives with content and assessment)
- Video or recorded webinar (e.g. educational resources presented in video format)
