Climate Change and Health will explain the global causes and consequences of climate change, including health, economic, gender and environmental impacts. It will cover aspects of food, water, poverty, equity, gender and security, including related to policy, law and action. The international climate change negotiations will be discussed along with direct implications for the NHS. The module reviews climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, and the connections between them in terms of barriers and opportunities.

After taking this module you should be able to:

Define the scientific basis for climate change and explain the basic concepts.
	Critically analyse key climate change concepts and drivers.
	Differentiate between human-driven (anthropogenic) and natural (non-anthropogenic) factors contributing to climate change.
	Differentiate between positive and negative consequences of climate change.
	Describe and evaluate consequences of climate change for human health.
	Identify means by which climate change science, policy, and impacts are communicated and disseminated.
	Evaluate the impacts that climate change has, and is likely to have, on the determinants of human health.
	Appraise frameworks for managing the health impacts globally.
	Critically evaluate a range of strategies for and barriers to dealing with climate change, including mitigation, adaptation, and their connections.
The module is open to students on the MSc/PG Dip Global Health and Development, other UCL MSc/PG Dip students, short course and taster students.

Selected reading list: 

Lancet Countdown http://www.lancetcountdown.org
	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch
	Kelman, I., JC Gaillard, and J. Mercer. 2015. “Climate Change’s Role in Disaster Risk Reduction’s Future: Beyond Vulnerability and Resilience”. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 21-27, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0038-5
	Lancet Commissions on Climate Change and Health http://www.thelancet.com/commissions/climate-change
	United Nations Climate Change http://www.unfccc.int
	WHO Climate change and human health http://www.who.int/globalchange/en