Climate Crisis: Understanding Complexity & Advocacy for Global Health Professionals

3 units

The elective course aims to provide frameworks that encourage students to engage with global discussions regarding the climate crisis as Global Public Health and Social Work professionals. This course takes a psychosocial and critical approach to examine the complexities of the links between climate crises and global health. In a fast changing domestic/international policy landscape, the next generation of leaders will need to innovate by challenging systems and processes and work across disciplines and borders to propose action that has sustainable impact and that is inclusive of diverse voices, identities, and Knowledge Systems. The course will enable students to: Decipher complex multidisciplinary challenges around interactions between Global Health (GH) and the Climate Crisis (CC). Develop strategic planning around policies and programs that are built on ethical considerations (understanding power dynamics and fostering bottom-up accountability towards the most disadvantaged populations). Develop personal and inter-personal competencies that are required for fighting climate chaos in the long term. Find strength and humility by developing a strong sense of community with their peers and work towards decolonizing Global Health and Climate Policy.