Scaling Up Health Adaptation Measures to Meet the Climate Change Challenge in the Americas
Categories: Climate Change & Health Vulnerability & Adaptation Assessments, Health National Adaptation Plans, Net zero health systems, Action Plans for sustainable low carbon health systems, Access to climate change funding for health, Americas (Pan American Health Organization), Financing, Climate Resilient Health Systems, Low Carbon Sustainable Health Systems, Healthy Climate Action in Other Sectors
Publisher: Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE), Columbia University
Online
Event times: Tuesdays and Thursdays September 25 to October 30, 2025 at 14h00 - 15h00 Uruguay Standard Time
Climate change requires health systems to prepare for intensified impacts while transitioning to resilient, low-carbon operations. This free 11-session course equips health professionals, system planners, administrators, and public health officials with tools to rapidly scale-up adaptation, mitigation, and resilience efforts for climate-ready health systems. Participants who meet attendance and participation requirements can earn a certificate.
Hosted by the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), EarthMedic and EarthNurse Foundation for Planetary Health, International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University, and Health Canada (HC/SC).